Question

I am trying to change my SQL Query to search/compare LIKE with BETWEEN to get all values from the particular field that are >= the search value… not able to make it work so far.

  $searchcat = "brand";
  if (isset($_POST['searchcat'])) {
  $searchcat = $_POST['searchcat']; 
}
$selectVal = "LIKE %s";
if ($searchcat == 'quantity') {
$selectVal = "BETWEEN %s";
}else{
$selectVal == "LIKE %s";
}
mysql_select_db($database_prp, $prp);
$query_paperlist = sprintf("SELECT * FROM paperlist WHERE $searchcat $selectVal ORDER BY paperid ASC", GetSQLValueString("%" . $colname_paperlist . "%", "text"));
$query_limit_paperlist = sprintf("%s LIMIT %d, %d", $query_paperlist, $startRow_paperlist, $maxRows_paperlist);
$paperlist = mysql_query($query_limit_paperlist, $prp) or die(mysql_error());
$row_paperlist = mysql_fetch_assoc($paperlist);

Answer 1

Based on Mysql Docs, it is Between ... And. it is more like 1<x<10. I think in your case Not (Between ... And ...) is more appropriate which is not(1<x<10)=x<1 || x>10. Not (Between ... And ...) could be used for greater than operator. You just need to make sure your less than is never gonna be true.