Question

I dont know if this is possible:

SELECT * FROM stuff WHERE barcode = '123123' OR product like '%123123%'

Lets say this returns 10 rows. Two out of the 10 rows got returned because they had 123123 in barcode.

Now is it possible somehow to make a alias/variable to know that it comes because the it matched the barcode.

So i can do:

if($MatchWasFromBarcode) {.... }

Or will i have to make 2 queries for this?

Answer 1

SELECT case when barcode='your_value' then 1 else 0 end as matches_bar_code
, col1
, col2
, col3
, col4
FROM stuff 
WHERE barcode = '123123' 
OR product like '%123123%' 

Don’t do select *. Bad practice. List the columns you need.