diff --git a/routeSQL.php b/routeSQL.php
index cad2294..b139839 100644
--- a/routeSQL.php
+++ b/routeSQL.php
@@ -306,7 +306,18 @@ class routeSQL
       {
         $criteria = array ();
         foreach (array_keys($titles) as $column)
-          $criteria[] = array ($column, "%$search%", "LIKE");
+        {
+          $s = $search;
+          if ($search[0] === "^")
+            $s = substr ($s, 1);
+          else
+            $s = "%$s";
+          if (substr ($search, -1) === "$")
+            $s = substr ($s, 0, -1);
+          else
+            $s = "$s%";
+          $criteria[] = array ($column, "$s", "LIKE");
+        }
         $datas = $this->objectDB->read ($criteria, null, null, true);
       }
       $nbentries = count ($datas);