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Old 08-21-06, 21:02
teeter teeter is offline
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MySQL "OR" Statement Question

Hey there,

I'm working on a script that selects a list of schools, and displays them according to the user's specified criteria.

Here's the query I'm using at the moment

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"SELECT * FROM hs_ajax_suggest WHERE hsName LIKE '".$param."%' OR hsCity LIKE '".$param."%' OR hsState LIKE '".$param."%' LIMIT 10")
This seems really wrong to me. I don't even know if "OR" is a valid statement. I'd like to know how to get a more structured query, and a more relevant response from this query.

Do you guys have any suggestions?

Thanks
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Old 08-21-06, 22:24
r937 r937 is offline
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it's not really wrong

OR is a valid keyword -- it's a logical connector

that query is structured fine

"more relevant response" would need to be defined before i can comment on it
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