>cool! the secret seems to be the 'like%' in the join. I have never used that
>Now, one more kink!
>how about all sons and fathers but not mothers
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>:-)
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>possible?
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>Peter
>

Everything is possible. Having words to exclude in additional table, have a LEFT JOIN with them on LIKE condition and check for WordsToExclude.ID IS NULL condition.

I may expand my blog later including this twist.