regex - Whole word matching with dot characters in MySQL -
in mysql, when searching keyword in text field "whole word match" desired, 1 use regexp , [[:<:]] , [[:>:]] word-boundary markers: select name tbl_name name regexp "[[:<:]]word[[:>:]]" for example, when want find text fields containing "europe", using select name tbl_name name regexp "[[:<:]]europe[[:>:]]" would return "europe map", not "european union". however, when target matching words contains "dot characters", "u.s.", how should submit proper query? tried following queries none of them correct. 1. select name tbl_name name regexp "[[:<:]]u.s.[[:>:]]" 2. select name tbl_name name regexp "[[:<:]]u[.]s[.][[:>:]]" 3. select name tbl_name name regexp "[[:<:]]u\.s\.[[:>:]]" when using double backslash escape special characters, suggested d'alar'cop, returns empty, though there "u.s. congress" in