<?php
$separator = "WHERE ";
$sql_query = "SELECT * FROM table_name ";
if(isset($_POST['select1'])) // Or maybe if($_POST['select1'] != ""))
{
$sql_query .= $separator;
$sql_query .= "col1 = '{$_POST['select1']}' ";
$separator = "AND ";
}
if(isset($_POST['select2']))
{
$sql_query .= $separator;
$sql_query .= "col2 = '{$_POST['select2']}' ";
$separator = "AND ";
}
if(isset($_POST['select3']))
{
$sql_query .= $separator;
$sql_query .= "col3 = '{$_POST['select3']}' ";
$separator = "AND ";
}
run_sql_query_here(...)
?>
Regards
Joakim Andersson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: César Aracena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 12:50 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: Wildcard
>
>
> Ok. Maybe I didn't express myself well (must be the 3-4 days awake ;)
>
> No, I don't have an example on-line 'couse this is something
> I'll start
> doing in a few days or hours. Well, just what it will probably be the
> search options at: http://www.icaam.com.ar/proyects/os-seek/ which I
> posted a few hours ago.
>
> What I want, is to let the visitor search for an OS developer by
> WORK-AROUND and/or LANGUAGE and/or LOCATION and have just ONE static
> query to handle all this. The thing is that if I make the query like
> this:
>
> SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE col1 = $elect1 AND col2 = $select2 AND
> col3 = $select3
>
> I think maybe the script will go nuts if no option was selected
> (remember the and/or?). So I figured out that maybe by
> telling HTML that
> the default value of each SELECT box is % (or any kind of
> wildcard) the
> query might run as predicted. Does this makes ant sense now?
>
> Please go to the site I've mentioned before and afterwards
> (if have the
> time and will) go back a couple of dozens post back and read the post
> called *MORE WORK FOR US I HOPE* so you have a more clear
> understanding
> of what my need will be.
>
> Thanks, C.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:27 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [PHP] Re: Wildcard
> >
> > why put in your query you want to look for an value .. if they don't
> want
> > to
> > look for it ?..
> >
> >
> > vins writes:
> >
> > > Shit.....
> > > Doesn't really make sense
> > > Sorry... I probably don't understand
> > >
> > > do you have an online example.
> > >
> > >
> > > "César aracena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > 000101c227fb$74eed940$68ed0dd1@gateway">news:000101c227fb$74eed940$68ed0dd1@gateway...
> > > Hi all.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to figure out how to do a search trough a
> MySQL db using
> LIKE
> > > or = but the thing is that I have 3 select boxes from where to
> choose
> > > the search terms. Can I use something like a wildcard instead of
> making
> > > several IF statements like this?
> > >
> > > SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE col1 = value1 AND col2 = value2 AND
> col3
> > > = %
> > >
> > > % goes for an unselected select box (default value = %)
> in case the
> user
> > > doesn't want to make an *advanced* search, so it fetches all rows
> which
> > > does contains values 1 & 2.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cesar Aracena
> > > CE / MCSE+I
> > > Neuquen, Argentina
> > > +54.299.6356688
> > > +54.299.4466621
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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