I hope somebody can make sense of this.
First, I don't understand what the difference is supposed to be between
& and && - is there a difference for php and/or mysql?
Second, I am trying to select all occurrences in a table.column where
the first letter of the name is I, J, or K but not I or J or K; I want
the all. Now, entering the following is no problem for any one letter:
SELECT * FROM book
WHERE id IN (SELECT bookID
FROM book_author WHERE authID IN (SELECT author.id
FROM author
WHERE LEFT(last_name, 1 ) = '$Auth' ));
But the following does not work:
SELECT * FROM book
WHERE id IN (SELECT bookID
FROM book_author WHERE authID IN (SELECT author.id
FROM author WHERE LEFT(last_name, 1 ) = '$Auth' &&
LEFT(last_name, 1 ) = '$Auth1' && LEFT(last_name, 1 ) = '$Auth2'));
Yet this gives off the wall results where the last names are nowhere
near what they should be.
Anyone have a rational explanation?
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