thanks RADEMAKERS, that did it... here is the working code..
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(opportunity.id))
FROM opportunity,
advertiser,
location
WHERE opportunity.deleted
= 'N'
AND
opportunity.authorised
= 'Y'
AND
opportunity.active
= 'Y'
AND
opportunity.activate
<= getdate()
AND
opportunity.deactivate
>= getdate()
AND
opportunity.advertiser_id
= advertiser.id
AND
advertiser.deleted
= 'N'
AND
advertiser.suspended
= 'N'
AND
(
(0 = 0 OR levels LIKE '%' + ',' +
CONVERT(VARCHAR,0) + ',' + '%') OR
(0 = 0 OR levels LIKE '%' + ',' +
CONVERT(VARCHAR,0) + ',' + '%')
) AND
(0 = 0 OR sectors LIKE '%' + ',' +
CONVERT(VARCHAR,0) + ',' + '%') AND
(0 = 0 OR work_types LIKE '%' + ',' +
CONVERT(VARCHAR,0) + ',' + '%')
AND
(
0 = 0 OR
(0 LIKE '%' + ',' + CONVERT(VARCHAR,0) + ',' + '%'
AND
0 LIKE '%' + ',' + CONVERT(VARCHAR,0)
+ ',' + '%')
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