Question

I am wondering if there is such command as to select a item from the database based on 2 or more rows.

For Example:

SELECT * FROM 'table' WHERE 'row1' OR 'row2' OR 'row3' LIKE 'myValue'

is there such thing as OR ?

Answer 1

No, you need to specify each condition explicitly:

WHERE row1 LIKE 'myValue'
   OR row2 LIKE 'myValue'
   OR row3 LIKE 'myValue'

Important notes:

1. Don’t use quotes (') around column names. Only backticks ` are allowed

2. If you don’t use LIKE facilities like _ or % – don’t use it, and use = instead. In this case your condition can be reduced to:

   WHERE 'myValue' IN (row1, row2, row3)