SQL problem! help!

[Aemon_]

ok people, i've been messing with this for a few days, and just cant figure it out.  its a stupid easy problem i think, that i just cant figure it out!  grrrr, one of those days.  ok, i want to search two fields in my database, from one dropdown box.  if thats not a very clear explaniation, heres what i have in the way of code right now.  i'm using coldfusion by the way.

<cfquery datasource="mapbase" name="mapdb">
SELECT      ALAV, MUNICI, COUNTY, LNUMBER, BIBTITLE, MAINTRY, DATE, SUBHEAD1, SUBHEAD2, SUBHEAD3
FROM         Mapdb
WHERE 0=0
<cfif #form.sub3# is not "">
AND SUBHEAD1 LIKE '%#FORM.sub3#%'
OR SUBHEAD2 LIKE '%#FORM.sub3#%'
</cfif>

</cfquery>

any and all help is very very very appreciated guys. thanks!

later.

[Uranium-235]

You're using coldfusion? ugg use MySQL. Looks easier then that

oh sorry I can't help you with that

[Aemon_]

hey thanks for your attempted help uranium.  but i'm at work and we run coldfusion here.  but i just figured it out.  i was using the wrong operators, and the way that this database is set up, i was searching all wrong anyway.  so i have it figured out.  thanks again man.  

so, i know next to nothing about anything other than using paradox and coldfusion for database searchability, can you tell me more about mySQL and PHP and such? thanks!

later.

[Uranium-235]

PHP looks easier when working with mysql. You use a Mysql connect function first

mysql_connect("Ip Address", "Username", "password");

Then once you're connected you use query functions.

$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table WHERE row=value");

It's harder to explain like that so I'll provide a link

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php

[Aemon_]

hey thanks alot.

later.