Graham, Monday, May 13, 2002, 8:45:09 PM, you wrote: GN> I have a directory of professional magicians, consisting of a MySQL table GN> like GN> this:
GN> +-------------+------------+-------------+ GN> | artist | area | magic | GN> +-------------+------------+-------------+ GN> | Joe Bloggs | AZ*IN*TX | childrens | GN> +-------------+------------+-------------+ GN> | Fred Smith | All | close-up | GN> +-------------+------------+-------------+ GN> A surfer will select an area and then the type of magic they require via a GN> php/HTML form. So to locate a performer who does magic for children in Texas GN> I use GN> SELECT * FROM artist WHERE (area LIKE '%$area%' OR area = 'All') AND magic GN> LIKE '%$magic%' GN> (where $area and $magic are variables passed from PHP). GN> However, this does not give the desired result, it just returns any perfomer GN> who does magic for children. What am I doing wrong please? I've tried GN> several other syntax combinations without success. What are the values of your php variables? Are you sure that they are correct? GN> kind regards, GN> Graham Nichols. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
