=== modified file 'modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module'
--- modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module	2008-03-16 19:13:19 +0000
+++ modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module	2008-03-16 19:17:53 +0000
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@
  *   An array of matching term objects.
  */
 function taxonomy_get_term_by_name($name) {
-  $db_result = db_query(db_rewrite_sql("SELECT t.tid, t.* FROM {term_data} t WHERE LOWER(t.name) LIKE LOWER('%s')", 't', 'tid'), trim($name));
+  $db_result = db_query(db_rewrite_sql("SELECT t.tid, t.* FROM {term_data} t WHERE LOWER(t.name) = LOWER('%s')", 't', 'tid'), trim($name));
   $result = array();
   while ($term = db_fetch_object($db_result)) {
     $result[] = $term;