Elin, Tuesday, September 10, 2002, 12:03:21 PM, you wrote: ER> I have a table called users with the columns firstname and lastname. I would ER> like to do a search on the fullname and have tried:
ER> select * from users where (firstname + ' ' + lastname) = "John Smith" ER> which returns all rows for some reason and not only the rows with users ER> named John Smith (which SQL Server does). Any ideas? Take a look at CONCAT()/CONCAT_WS() functions: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/String_functions.html -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [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