Searching database

Question

I have a table that has bug(description,subject or something). i want to search it by keyword.
for example, a user enters "compatibility with Internet Explorer".
i want to find "compatibility" word and "Internet Explorer" from the table. then should i make a string array
like
String[] keywords = {"compatibility", "Internet Explorer"};
and search like this?
List result = new ArrayList();
for( int i = 0; i < keywords.length; i++ )
String sql = "select * from table where %description% = keywords;
String searchResult = search(sql);
result.add(searchResut);
i am kind of stuck in making an array with user's input and searching by keyword... please help...
Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

This is a SQL question and maybe you should look into SQL tutorials for this since the key to solvng your problem is to make a valid SQL statement that represents your query.
The following SQL Query would return all rows that had the two keywords in the record 'description':
List result = new ArrayList();
if(keywords.length == 0) {
    throw new Exception("You must supply at least one keyword.");
else {
  String SQL = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE";
  for( int i = 0; i < keywords.length; i++ )  {
    if(i > 0) sql = sql + " OR";
    sql = sql + " description LIKE '"+keywords[0]+"'";
  String searchResult = search(sql); // I guess this performs a query :)
}