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user2135867

Reputation:

PHP MySQL select 2 columns where 1 column

im trying to select * from table1 where forename, surname = 'Joe Bloggs'

obviously forename and surname are 2 different columns in table one but im getting errors when i run this SQL code:

SELECT * from table1 where forename, surname = 'Joe Bloggs'

Any ideas on what i can do?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 167

Answers (1)

John Woo
John Woo

Reputation: 263693

maybe you mean

SELECT * from table1 where CONCAT_WS(' ',forename, surname) = 'Joe Bloggs'

OR

SELECT * from table1 where 'Joe Bloggs' IN (forename, surname)

OR

SELECT * from table1 where forename = 'Joe' AND surname = 'Bloggs'

Upvotes: 5

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