Did you ORed or ANDed the LIKE clauses? Please provide the combined statement that didn't return results, the one with more than one LIKE clauses.
Lian Sebe, M.Sc. Freelance Analyst-Programmer www.programEz.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Brown, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 1:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: PHP Search + MySQL Query > > > Hi all, > > In learning PHP and expanding my (seriously limited) SQL knowledge, I > need to write a query that will look for one or more (can be any number) > of the following fields held in the table: > > +-------+-------------+ > | Field | Type | > +-------+-------------+ > | id | int(6) | > | svc | varchar(20) | > | sev | tinyint(1) | > | dsc | varchar(60) | > | inits | varchar(20) | > | dst | date | > | tst | time | > | den | date | > | ten | time | > | res | tinyint(1) | > +-------+-------------+ > > I was attempting this using a SELECT command, a WHERE clause, and lots > of LIKE statements. If search criteria had been entered, the LIKE > statement went along the lines of LIKE('%criteria%'), and if it was > empty, was left with a LIKE('%'). > > Yes, it's tragic SQL (one day they may send me on a proper SQL > course...) and naturally, it doesn't work. The result given is "Empty > Set", even if I only put in one part of search criteria, and if I run a > manual SELECT id,dsc FROM problems WHERE $field > LIKE('%this_criteria_exists%'); it works fine. > > I went back and made the query up manually field by field, one field at > a time, adding each LIKE statement in query after query, and found that > after field DSC it failed, with the empty set result. > > Can anyone point me into the direction of a) Why it fails and b) A > proper query that'll make this work?? > > All help very gratefully received. > > Many thanks in advance > > -- > Chris Brown > e: ckb@:nospam:.maxnet.eu.org, m: <removed> > > Never argue with an idiot, he'll just lower you to his level and beat > you with experience... > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
