"John Berman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi. using MYSql 3.28
There is no such version of MySQL :)
>
> I have a surname column with a standard index and this is the column
> were search are performed on, currently the filed only has the one name
> i.e.:
>
> Surname: smith
>
> I want to include other column data in the search i.e. fathersname, so I
> create an index on that column and in my search I
>
> use a statement like: ....surname = '"& globsurname & "' or fathersname
> = '"& globsurname & "'
>
> this does work but tends to slow the thing down,
Because MySQL doesn't optimize search on two different keys with OR:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Searching_on_two_keys.html
> So Can I take the name from fathersname and include it in the Surname
> field so I have say:
>
> Surname: smith jones
>
> It does not seem to work for me, maybe I need a particular separator ?
>
> I want to go this way as each record my have several names that I want
> to be able to search on.
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