Question

I have list of items (separated by comma) that I need to look up in a database. Initially I was looking up each item code individually, but there must be an easier way of doing it.

I was playing around in phpMyAdmin trying to select items with no luck.

SELECT * 
FROM  `items` 
WHERE  `code` = ( 20298622
OR 83843296 
OR 46549947 ) 

Returned no results.

SELECT * 
FROM  `items` 
WHERE  `code` =20298622
OR 83843296 
OR 46549947 

Returned every item in the database.

I was reading up on the MySQL docs, and it appears that OR (or ||) should do what I’m looking for. Where did I go wrong?

Also, FWIW, code is a integer field.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You could use…

SELECT * 
  FROM `items` 
 WHERE `code`
    IN (20298622,
        83843296, 
        46549947)