Hi everyone, I have a script that searches a MySQL db and I am having a problem. First, the problem.... If I search the db through phpMyAdmin, all goes well. If I run rhis script, I may or may not get the results I am after. For example, I have several entries for furniture repair. If I search for furniture repair, I get no results. If I search for furniture, I get no results. If I search for repair, I also get auto repair, TV repair, etc... I am thinking there is something wrong with the script because as I said earlier, I can search for virtually anything using phpMyAdmin and get the proper results back. So, can anyone suggest any improvements to this script or point me to a resource? Thanks in advance, Jim 
$query = sprintf (
               "SELECT `Cats`.`Name`,`Address`.`Address`,`Address`.`Ci
+ty`,`Contact`.`Phone`,`Keys`.`Keywords`
                FROM
                (
                `Cats`
                    LEFT JOIN
                        `Address`
                            USING (`Name`)
                    LEFT JOIN
                         `Contact`      
                            USING (`Name`) 
                    LEFT JOIN
                         `Keys`      
                            USING (`Name`)         
                )
                WHERE
                `Keys`.`Keywords` LIKE '%$search%' 
                ORDER BY name asc LIMIT %d,%d",
                $start - 1,         # number of records to skip
                $per_page + 1);     
}

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