breaking a loop

[el chupacabra]

Hi, I'm just learning Python....thanks in advance...

Do you get out of this loop?

Problem: When I type 'exit' (no quotes) the program doesn't quit the loop...it actually attemps to find entries that containt the 'exit' string.

Desired behavior: when I type 'exit' the program should quit.

def search():
    searchWhat = ""
    while searchWhat != 'exit':
        searchWhat = "%%%s%%" % raw_input ('Search for : ')
        cursor.execute("select * from TABLE where FIELD like %s", (searchWhat))
        result = cursor.fetchall()
        print '+------------------------------------------------------------------+'
        print '|  #   |        Name                           |      LastName      |'
        print '+------------------------------------------------------------------+'
        for record in result:
            print  '  ', record[0], ' :      ', record[1], ' ==>      ', record[2]
        print '+------------------------------------------------------------------+'
#end for statement, end of search


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