On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:44, Eric Fegraus wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Does this make sense: > select * from table_name where column_1 LIKE "%word1% OR %word2%"; > > yeilds 1 record but... > > select * from table_name where column_1 LIKE "%word2% OR %word1%"; > > yields 0 records. > > I'm scanning a VARCHAR column trying to return records that contain or > word1 and word2. Same thing occurs when I replace OR with AND. The > search words appear appear in the column as: > word1 followed by word2. > > Am I using the LIKE incorrectly? Does MySQL have to match the first > LIKE operator before the second? > > Much thanks, > > Eric Indeed you are doing it wrong. Try select * from table_name where column_1 LIKE "%word2%" OR column_1 LIKE "%word1%"; -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Honk if you love peace and quiet. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
