SELECT * FROM different columns

2003-02-19 Thread Reto Baudenbacher 
newbie-question, sorry...

is it possible to write this (working) query in a shorter form:

SELECT * FROM $table WHERE (col1 LIKE '%$term%') OR (col2 LIKE '%$term%') OR
(col3 LIKE '%$term%')

thanks for your help!
Reto Baudenbacher


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re: SELECT * FROM different columns

2003-02-19 Thread Egor Egorov 
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 12:51, Reto Baudenbacher wrote:

 newbie-question, sorry...

 is it possible to write this (working) query in a shorter form:

 SELECT * FROM $table WHERE (col1 LIKE '%$term%') OR (col2 LIKE '%$term%')
 OR (col3 LIKE '%$term%')

The short answer - yes, you can write the query like above. 



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