It is as Dave suggested, you can not use CFQUERYPARAM as part of the actual SQL query. You are writting the WHERE clause as a variable, remove the queryparam from that since you are declaring the variable.
---------------------------------------- From: JediHomer <jediho...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:17 AM To: cf-talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Subject: Re: cfqueryparam and LIKE operator error Try wrapping the QueryParams... i.e. Change (P.product_code LIKE value="%tents%">) to (P.product_code LIKE (value="%tents%">)) HTH 2008/12/16 Mike Little : > hi guys, > > getting an error using the following syntax... > > WHERE ((P.product_code LIKE ) OR (PD.product_title LIKE ) OR > (PD.product_description LIKE )) > > the error i get is... > > You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to > your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') OR > (PD.product_title ' at line 9 > > this was working fine till i added the cfqueryparams. > > mike > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:316855 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4