Answers.Body: <p>I don't believe this is possible using the native search functionality.</p>
  
  <p>You can search for a specific value within a table field using:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set results = craft.entries.search('tableField:"ID"') %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>That should return all entries that contain "ID" in <code>tableField</code>, but it doesn't restrict the search to a particular column in the table.</p>
  
  <p>How likely is it that the ID will occur in other columns of the table?</p>
  
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2016-06-13T14:05:43.493Z
Answers.Text: In case of the ID, not likely. But, the column I search for could be partially the same as another column. I'll just have to make sure it isn't, then ;)
Answers.UserDisplayName: Paul
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2016-06-13T11:35:28.727Z
Answers.LastActivityDate: 2016-06-13T11:35:28.727Z
Answers.UserDisplayName: Steve Rowling
Body: <p>Considering the way table field content is saved to the database, could I search entries for content in a specific column?</p>
  
  <p>So, say I have a table field containing X column, I would only want to search for an ID, located in column 3. Did anyone ever successfully try this?</p>
  
Tags: <search><table-field>
Title: Is it possible to search an entry for specific table content
ThreadText: # Is it possible to search an entry for specific table content
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-07)
  
  Considering the way table field content is saved to the database, could I search entries for content in a specific column?
  
  So, say I have a table field containing X column, I would only want to search for an ID, located in column 3. Did anyone ever successfully try this?
  
  **Tags:** search, table-field
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-06-13. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  I don't believe this is possible using the native search functionality.
  
  You can search for a specific value within a table field using:
  
  ```
  {% set results = craft.entries.search('tableField:"ID"') %}
  
  ```
  
  That should return all entries that contain "ID" in `tableField`, but it doesn't restrict the search to a particular column in the table.
  
  How likely is it that the ID will occur in other columns of the table?
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: In case of the ID, not likely. But, the column I search for could be partially the same as another column. I'll just have to make sure it isn't, then ;)  
  
  ---
  
  