[PHP-DB] Searching results of results

2002-03-19 Thread Chris Payne
Hi there everyone, Say I do a simple search as follows: $query = SELECT * FROM search WHERE (description LIKE '%$test%' OR state LIKE '%$test%' OR city LIKE '%$test%' OR fname LIKE '%$test%') AND (category = '$category' AND country = '$country' AND type = '$type') ORDER BY city ASC LIMIT

Re: [PHP-DB] Searching results of results

2002-03-19 Thread olinux
You could select these results into a temporary table and then query that table. Look at the mysql.com docs and check out the CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE. You can select data right into the table and the table is erased when the connection closes. But first it looks like cleaning up your query would

Re: [PHP-DB] Searching results of results

2002-03-19 Thread Chris Payne
Hi there, Thanks for your help on this it's appreciated, i'll look into temporary tables tomorrow and see what I can do. Just curious, why is the method you have shown below better than the method I used previously? Is it a speed thing or is it more logical? I am learning different methods of

Re: [PHP-DB] Searching results of results

2002-03-19 Thread Remco Oosten
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Searching results of results Hi there, Thanks for your help on this it's appreciated, i'll look into temporary tables tomorrow and see what I can do. Just curious, why is the method you have shown below better than the method I used previously? Is it a speed thing