I have a table named "Persons" which has the following columns [ Name ,Age, City]. I have a Windows app which has 3 textboxes for each column. My requirement is when I enter only name and enter the search button, I need result similar to this query.
select * from persons where name like '@tbname%'
when I enter only age and enter the search button, I need result similar to this query.
select * from persons where age =@tbage
when I enter name and city, I need result similar to this query.
select * from persons where name like '@tbname%' and city like '@tbcity%'
If I don't enter any fields and enter the serach button, I need result similar to this query.
select * from persons for these 3 fields I might give any combination as above. But how can I have a single query with all these combinations. I want a single query capable of doing this. I cannot have query like this, select * from persons where name like 'tbname%' and city like 'tbcity%' and age =@age
Because if I give only name, city is considered as null nad age is considered as 0 and I get empty result. I cannot have Stored proc and I cannot do much in C# like using "selectqueryBuilder" etc. I need pure SQL query.
I am developing a datagrid which will display a summary "report" of sales revenue grouped by a particular field. There will also be a drill-down on this field that will display in more detail the table of data that was used for the summary.
Because the user is selecting multiple criteria under which to run the search, I have created a dynamic query that gathers all the necessary data I need for both the drill down and the summary based on the variable parameters of the user. I've optimized the query that gathers the detailed data (taken from 7 tables) to execute far under a second.
So, that said, here's my question: It seems the most efficient way to get the summary data is to run it against the datatable (which gathers the detailed data) created by the dynamic query and just pass them both into a dataset. Can this be done? Originally, I was calling 2 separate sprocs in my application - one for the detailed data and another for the summary data using a "group by" on the table that was produced by the dynamic query (using "INTO TABLE" in the SELECT statement of the dynamic query). With this method, I received an access exception by asp.net. for the table created by the dynamic query so have dropped the "INTO TABLE", not to mention it increased the performance considerably NOT using the table.
Any suggestion on the most efficient/optimal method to use the data generated from the dynamic query sproc for the summary data? I am trying desparately to avoid running the dynamic query again just for the summary data.
I am a total newbie, so would appreciate any feedback. Also, would someone please tell me the datetime stamp function to print so that I can see how many milliseconds it takes to execute stored procedures?
Hi - I'm short of SQL experience and hacking my way through creating a simple search feature for a personal project. I would be very grateful if anyone could help me out with writing a stored procedure. Problem: I have two tables with three columns indexed for full-text search. So far I have been able to successfully execute the following query returning matching row ids: dbo.Search_Articles @searchText varchar(150) AS SELECT ArticleID FROM articles WHERE CONTAINS(Description, @searchText) OR CONTAINS(Title, @searchText) UNION SELECT ArticleID FROM article_pages WHERE CONTAINS(Text, @searchText); RETURN This returns the ArticleID for any articles or article_pages records where there is a text match. I ultimately need the stored procedure to return all columns from the articles table for matches and not just the StoryID. Seems like maybe I should try using some kind of JOIN on the result of the UNION above and the articles table? But I have so far been unable to figure out how to do this as I can't seem to declare a name for the result table of the UNION above. Perhaps there is another more eloquent solution? Thanks! Peter
Please help, I am trying to write a dynamic search stored procedure using three fields. I use the same logic on the front end using VB to SQL server which works fine, but never tried a stored procedure with the logic. Can you please help me, construct a stored procedure. User can choose any of the three(progno, projno, contractno) fields as a where condition.
I ma using asp.net as front end with sql server backend.
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.USP_Searchrecords (@ProgNO nvarchar(50), @ProjNOnvarchar(50) , @ContractNOnvarchar(50)) AS DECLARE @myselect nvarchar(2000) DECLARE @psql nvarchar(2000) DECLARE @strsql nvarchar(2000) SET NOCOUNT ON
@psql = "SELECT * FROM Mytable"
IF @ProgNO <> '' then strsql = WHERE ProgNO = @ProgNO end if
If @ProjNO <> '' then if strsql <> '' then strsql = strsql & " and ProjNO =@ProjNO ELSE strsql = wHERE ProjNO =@ProjNO END IF END IF
If @ContractNO <> '' then if strsql <> '' then strsql = strsql & " and ContractNO =@ContractNO ELSE strsql = wHERE ContractNO =@ContractNO END IF END IF
I've uploaded a new version of my article on Dynamic Search Conditionson http://www.sommarskog.se/dyn-search.html. I've revised the article tocover SQL 2005, and made a general overhaul of the content. There was a*very* embarrassing error that I've corrected.I've also added a new interesting method for static SQL. I've found that ifyou say:SELECT ...FROM tblWHERE (key1 = @key1 AND @key1 IS NOT NULL)OR (key2 = @key2 AND @key2 IS NOT NULL)OR (key3 = @key3 AND @key3 IS NOT NULL)This will use indexes if all columns are indexed, and furthermore SQLServer will decide at run-time which index(es) to access. The articleincludes a trick where you can combine this with the normal conditions fordynamic searches for very good performance under some circumstances.I also cover the new OPTION (RECOMPILE) to force statement recompile.I was hoping that it could lead to just as good query plans as dynamicSQL, but it's far cry from that.--Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, Join Bytes!Books Online for SQL Server 2005 athttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspxBooks Online for SQL Server 2000 athttp://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx
I've read some articles on generating tag clouds but so far only one actually showed a query. And the query was on a simple database with a few tags. In our database we have records that can have literally hundreds of unique tags. So, I'm wondering how to get a realistic result set of the top tags? I can't just do a group by and select the top 30 or 50 because that won't necessarily get me through the alphabet. I'd like to at least have as many letters from the alphabet in the tags as possible like (ant, cat, dog, horse, lion, seal, zebra) but if I do the top 30 it may cut off around the letter "c". Know what I mean? So, how can I generate an accurate tag cloud query that uses all available letters from the alphabet as starting letters for the tags? Thanks.
If I wanted to run a query on any table and in the recordset that is returned have an 'id' field (or whatever) with the record id of that record, how would I do this?
I'm thinking something like
Select field1, field2, recordNumber // derived somehow - not an actual field from table
I hope I'm posting this in the correct forum. If not I apologize. I have a nested select query that I imported from Oracle:
Oracle Version:
Code Snippetselect avg(days) as days from ( select dm_number, max(dm_closedate) - max(comment_closed_date) as days from dm_data where dm_type = 'prime' and dm_closedate <= '31-dec-2007' and dm_closedate >= '1-dec-2007' and program = 'aads' group by dm_number)
SQL Version:
select round(abs(avg(days)), 0) as days from (select dm.dm_number, abs(datediff(DAY,max(dm.dm_closedate), max(dm.comment_closed_date))) as days from dm_data dm, ProgramXref px where px.Program_Name = 'aads' and dm.Program_Id = px.Program_Id and dm.dm_type = 'prime' and dm.dm_closedate <= '31-dec-2007' and dm.dm_closedate >= '1-dec-2007' group by dm.dm_number)
In Oracle the query runs fine. In SQL I am getting a "Line 10: Incorrect syntax near ')'." error. If I run just the nested portion of the query, there are no errors. It only happens when the first query tries to query the nested query. Can anyone help me get the syntax correct?
I am having hard time figuring out what query I need to write.
What I want to do is, when users enter a word into a textbox, it displays results similar to it. Something similar to what Google does.
This is what I am doing now. For example I will use "John Smith"
1. I get the first 3 letters of the string "Joh" 2. Get the last letter of the string "h" 3. and this is what I search for "Joh%h%"
This works, but I still have some problems. I want to be able to search like Google, where it recognizes words. Does anybody know how I can do this, or send me a link with an example?
I would like to write query which can1. ignore whether the search keyword is Upper case or lower Case2. deal with tense or verb form related problem eg. comparing --> also search compareAny Idea
hi all I have the follwoing search page: several text boxes in case they want to search for SSN, first name, last name, zipcode, several dorpdown lists, and a set of radio buttons. I want to create the SQL statement to display the results I am checking if any of the text boxes has anything in it, if yes add "where something = value" to the query, if not then skip... now let's say it goes through textbox 1 and finds it empty, so it jumps to the second one it find info in it, how do I deal with the "and" clause within the query? any tips are fine.. (im using c#) thanks
I am writing a small search feature to return a list of companies whose name "Begins with" a certain string (up to 5 chars) provided by the user via a textbox. I want the results to only return results that begin with the letter/letters specified. Below I will put the code that I came up with that isn't working quite how I expected. I am new to this so any assistance and short explanation would be very much apperciated. sql="SELECT distinct cm.cmmst_id, cm.cm_compno, cm.cm_cname1 + ' ' + cm.cm_cname2 AS cm_cname1, cm_tele, cm_fax, cm_s16 " sql=sql & "FROM cmmst cm " sql=sql & "WHERE cm_cname1 + ' ' + cm_cname2 LIKE '%" companyNameBegins,"'","''") & "%' " sql=sql & "AND (cm_mbtyp='M' OR cm_mbtyp='SUBDIV') " sql=sql & "ORDER BY cm_s16 DESC, cm_cname1 ASC" companyNameBegins is the string passed in by the user
I am having a difficult time figuring out the differences between the following 2 queries. The first query ( which should return around 8000 records) when run against a Sql7 DB with 70000 records will always timeout (timeout set at 30 secs), but the 2nd query will return the correct amount of records ( about 8000 ) in under 8 secs.
Could someone shed some light on this for me?
Thank you Robert
******Start Query 1****** Select Lot, Title, UserId, HighBidder, HighBid, BidTimes, DateIn, EndDate, Price, Category, Options, Reserve, StartDate From Auctions A Where ( ((title LIKE '%STUB%' )) or ((description LIKE '%STUB%' )) ) And (Status In ('A', 'P') Or (Status In ('B', 'C') And EndDate >= '02/25/2001') ) And ((A.Reserve > A.Price And A.Reserve Between 0 And 999999.99) Or (A.Price Between 0 And 999999.99)) Order By Lot Asc
*****End Query 1*****
******Start Query 2****** Select Lot, Title, UserId, HighBidder, HighBid, BidTimes, DateIn, EndDate, Price, Category, Options, Reserve, StartDate From (Select Lot, Title, UserId, HighBidder, HighBid, BidTimes, DateIn, EndDate, Price, Category, Options, Reserve, StartDate,Description From Auctions A Where (A.Status In ('A', 'P')
Or (A.Status In ('B', 'C') And A.EndDate >= '02/25/2001')
) And ((A.Reserve > A.Price And A.Reserve Between 0 And 999999.99) Or (A.Price Between 0 And 999999.99)) ) as X Where (
I'm building a serch page on website. It basicly searches 2 tables. Right now, the way I have it so the user can enter a value in one of the fields, and not the others. And it will return the value. For example, put in '34' in the age field, it will return all people with 34. Now if you add 'Jones' to the last name field, it will return all people with the age of 34, and all people with Jones.
But what if I want it so it returns only the people with the age 34, and Jones. But leave the other fields blank. The later than add 'Jim' to the first name, so now it will return 34, jones, jim. I tried to use the AND operator, but then it requires that field to be filled. Here is my code.
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[SrchActiveII]
@FName nvarchar(50)=NULL, @LName nvarchar(50)=NULL, @DOB nvarchar(50)=NULL, @Acct nvarchar(50)=NULL, @Login nvarchar(50)=NULL, @Status nvarchar(50)=NULL, @Rmark nvarchar(255)=NULL, @Room nvarchar(50)=NULL, @Age nvarchar(50)=NULL, @Type nvarchar(50)=NULL, @Misc bit = NULL AS BEGIN SELECT Active_Orders.First_Name, Active_Orders.Last_Name, Active_Orders.Account_Number, Order_Status.Status, Active_Orders.Remarks, Locations.Loct_Desc, Active_Orders.Rm_Desc, Active_Orders.Age, Active_Orders.Type, Active_Orders.Stat, Active_Orders.Order_ID, Active_Orders.Login, Active_Orders.Misc FROM Active_Orders INNER JOIN Order_Status ON Active_Orders.Status_ID = Order_Status.Status_ID INNER JOIN Locations ON Active_Orders.Location_ID = Locations.Location_ID WHERE (Active_Orders.First_Name =@FName) OR (First_Name IS NULL) OR (Active_Orders.Last_Name =@Lname) OR (Last_Name IS NULL) OR (Active_Orders.DOB = @DOB) OR (DOB IS NULL) OR (Active_Orders.Account_Number = @Acct) OR (Account_Number IS NULL) OR (Order_Status.Status = @Status) OR (Status IS NULL) OR (Active_Orders.Remarks = @Rmark) OR (Remarks IS NULL) OR (Active_Orders.Rm_Desc = @Room) OR (Rm_Desc IS NULL) OR (Active_Orders.Age = @Age) OR (Age IS NULL) OR (Active_Orders.Type = @Type) OR ([Type] IS NULL) OR (Active_Orders.Login = @Login) OR ([Login] IS NULL) OR (Active_Orders.Misc = @Misc) OR (Misc IS NULL) END
I am making a search query for jobs site. I have a situation that if user type following string in my search box:
Web Developer Designer ISF New York
It should display all jobs conatins any one of given words. following are columns in my jobs table: (Query will be applied on Location, Title, Description, Company fields)
[OpporID] [numeric](18, 0) IDENTITY (1000, 1) NOT NULL , [OpportunityID] [varchar] (16) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL , [OpportunityTypeID] [numeric](10, 0) NOT NULL , [SLABased] [int] NOT NULL , [LoginID] [nvarchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL , [DateCreated] [datetime] NOT NULL , [AccountID] [int] NOT NULL , [GeographyID] [int] NOT NULL , [VerticalID] [int] NOT NULL , [BDMID] [int] NOT NULL , [Probability] [int] NOT NULL , [PASStatus] [int] NULL , [InsertedDate] [datetime] NULL , [InsertedBy] [varchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , [UpdatedDate] [datetime] NULL , [UpdatedBy] [varchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , [UpdatedFlag] [int] NULL
and SKILL [SkillNo] [numeric](18, 0) IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL , [OpportunityID] [numeric](18, 0) NOT NULL , [OrderId] [numeric](18, 0) NOT NULL , [PracticeID] [int] NULL , [SkillID] [int] NOT NULL , [NoOfPeople] [int] NOT NULL , [Clientinterview] [int] NOT NULL , [Location] [int] NOT NULL , [JDAttached] [int] NOT NULL , [JDFilePath] [varchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , [Status] [int] NULL , [Experience] [int] NULL , [InsertedDate] [datetime] NULL , [InsertedBy] [varchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL , [UpdatedDate] [datetime] NULL , [UpdatedBy] [varchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , [UpdatedFlag] [int] NULL , [GeoLocation] [int] NULL )
i want to make a stored procedure for custom search on these two tables with the following fields given to the user as an option to make his choice.. from opportunity table - OpportunityTypeID,SLABased,AccountID , GeographyID, VerticalID, BDMID, Probability
and from skill table SkillID, Location, GeoLocation
Hi!In short description I want to make table with Articles and search Query for this table like there is search engine at templatemonster.com with templates and categories. Basicly I have table:- id - cat_name- 1 - Software- 2 - Hardware- 3 - Games- 4 - Internet- 5 - Events etc.And for example Article is in Software, Games and Events category, "1,3,5".Now user select to show articles in Games and Events categories, so "3,4,5"How write this search query? I don't have idea.
Hi, I'm wondering about the following: I have come across an InfoPath Forms application who's code is scripted in javascript and who's data seems to be in XML files.An analyst at that company told me they suspect the data is ALSO in SQL Server... somewhere. They can't seem to find it though. I havereviewed the .js code and some methods are called for which I can find no source. I believe those methods execute OK because they're foundinside some DLL. I'm thinking I would enter a new record using the form in InfoPath using some datavalue that I can expect will be unique.. like a lastname who's first three chars is ZZZ or something like that. Subsequently, I'd search each column in each table in each DB on the server to see if I can locate it somewhere. So, my question is what is the best approach for this? I have access to the db, table and column names. I know I can write a small vb.net piece of code to execute my search. But, is there some better way using some sql procedure (or using the full text catalog) instead or any other tool(s)? Thanks in advance for your advise. Stewart
Hi everyone, I'm trying to implement SQL Server database search. The details are:-1. I have table called EMPLOYEE has FNAME,LNAME etc cols.2. User might look for any employee using either FNAME or LNAME3. I have search box in asp.net where user could enter search stringThe sample data:FNAME LNAMEabc georgedef georgerkis litarose lita The query i wrote:SELECT * FROM EMPLOYEE WHERE lname like '%' + searchArg + '%'My problem is:-1. let's say user is looking for employee "george"; In search string instead of typing actual word "george", user could type "jeorge"; because the name pronounce or sounds like similar.Same thing with user could type "leta" instead of "lita". Again these are all similar sounds. When you look for "jeorge" in GOOGLE; it says "did you mean george"; i would like implement something like that. somewhere i saw SOUNDEX would do what i am looking for; but i no luck for me. Is this possible anyway in T-SQL or Fulltext search. Your help is greatly appreciated. ThanksBob
i have an sp that does not use full text searching in SQL 2000 i was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction of changing/upgrading this to a full text search? would you recommend upgrading the search sp? the following is the sp i have(it uses a function to count the number of words):CREATE PROCEDURE SearchCatalog (@PageNumber tinyint,@ProductsOnPage tinyint,@HowManyResults smallint OUTPUT,@AllWords bit,@Word1 varchar(15) = NULL,@Word2 varchar(15) = NULL,@Word3 varchar(15) = NULL,@Word4 varchar(15) = NULL,@Word5 varchar(15) = NULL)AS /* Create the temporary table that will contain the search results */CREATE TABLE #SearchedProducts(RowNumber SMALLINT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1), ProductID INT, Name VARCHAR(100), Description VARCHAR(1000), Price MONEY, ImagePath VARCHAR(100), Rank INT, ImageALT VARCHAR(100), ArtistName VARCHAR(50), Stock INT, SearchCoverQuality INT, SearchAlbumQuality INT) /* Populate #SearchedProducts for an any-words search */IF @AllWords = 0 INSERT INTO #SearchedProducts (ProductID, Name, Description, Price, ImagePath, ImageALT, ArtistName, Stock, SearchCoverQuality, SearchAlbumQuality, Rank) SELECT Product.ProductID, Product.Name, Product.Description, Product.Price, Product.ImagePath, Product.ImageALT, Artist.ArtistName, Product.Stock, AlbumSingleDetails.CoverQualityID, AlbumSingleDetails.QualityID, 3*dbo.WordCount(@Word1, Name)+dbo.WordCount(@Word1, Description)+dbo.WordCount(@Word1, ArtistName)+ 3*dbo.WordCount(@Word2, Name)+dbo.WordCount(@Word2, Description)+dbo.WordCount(@Word2, ArtistName)+ 3*dbo.WordCount(@Word3, Name)+dbo.WordCount(@Word3, Description)+dbo.WordCount(@Word3, ArtistName)+ 3*dbo.WordCount(@Word4, Name)+dbo.WordCount(@Word4, Description)+dbo.WordCount(@Word4, ArtistName)+ 3*dbo.WordCount(@Word5, Name)+dbo.WordCount(@Word5, Description)+dbo.WordCount(@Word5, ArtistName) AS TotalRank FROM Product INNER JOIN (Artist INNER JOIN AlbumSingleDetails ON Artist.ArtistID = AlbumSingleDetails.ArtistID) ON Product.ProductID = AlbumSingleDetails.ProductID ORDER BY TotalRank DESC /* Populate #SearchedProducts for an all-words search */IF @AllWords = 1 INSERT INTO #SearchedProducts (ProductID, Name, Description, Price, ImagePath, ImageALT, ArtistName, Stock, SearchCoverQuality, SearchAlbumQuality, Rank) SELECT Product.ProductID, Product.Name, Product.Description, Product.Price, Product.ImagePath, Product.ImageALT, Artist.ArtistName, Product.Stock, AlbumSingleDetails.CoverQualityID, AlbumSingleDetails.QualityID, (3*dbo.WordCount(@Word1, Name)+dbo.WordCount(@Word1, Description)+dbo.WordCount(@Word1, ArtistName)) * CASE WHEN @Word2 IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 3*dbo.WordCount(@Word2, Name)+dbo.WordCount(@Word2, Description)+dbo.WordCount(@Word2, ArtistName) END * CASE WHEN @Word3 IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 3*dbo.WordCount(@Word3, Name)+dbo.WordCount(@Word3, Description)+dbo.WordCount(@Word3, ArtistName) END * CASE WHEN @Word4 IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 3*dbo.WordCount(@Word4, Name)+dbo.WordCount(@Word4, Description)+dbo.WordCount(@Word4, ArtistName) END * CASE WHEN @Word5 IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 3*dbo.WordCount(@Word5, Name)+dbo.WordCount(@Word5, Description)+dbo.WordCount(@Word5, ArtistName) END AS TotalRank FROM Product INNER JOIN (Artist INNER JOIN AlbumSingleDetails ON Artist.ArtistID = AlbumSingleDetails.ArtistID) ON Product.ProductID = AlbumSingleDetails.ProductID ORDER BY TotalRank DESC /* Save the number of searched products in an output variable */SELECT @HowManyResults=COUNT(*) FROM #SearchedProducts WHERE Rank>0 /* Send back the requested products */SELECT ProductID, Name, Description, Price, ImagePath, ImageALT, ArtistName, Stock, Rank, CASE SearchCoverQuality WHEN 1 THEN '5stars.gif' WHEN 2 THEN '4stars.gif' WHEN 3 THEN '3stars.gif' WHEN 4 THEN '2stars.gif' ELSE '1stars.gif' END AS CoverQuality, CASE SearchAlbumQuality WHEN 1 THEN '5stars.gif' WHEN 2 THEN '4stars.gif' WHEN 3 THEN '3stars.gif' WHEN 4 THEN '2stars.gif' ELSE '1stars.gif' END AS AlbumQualityFROM #SearchedProductsWHERE Rank > 0 AND RowNumber BETWEEN (@PageNumber-1) * @ProductsOnPage + 1 AND @PageNumber * @ProductsOnPageORDER BY Rank DESCi was wondering if i can use full text search on many tables at once?thanks in advance!Tuppers
Hi friends, Can u let me know how the sql-query, that displays only the first 20 records,and while clicking next button the subsequent records should be diplayed in a web appliaction(search). i want to implement through ADO objects.Because if the search query results in hundreds of records and everything is taken into the memory it will badly affect the performance of the system !right? Regards rajesh
Hi, I'm trying to do a query to do a search by keywords. For example if the user searches for "Hottest restaurants in Atlanta" i want to write a query that searches that exact phrase first in a database field called keywords and if it shows up there then that record should be displayed first.. and then after do a search for EACH one of the words in a number of fields in the database and see if it shows up.
here is what i have so far but it always returns the same thing. any ideas?
$searchArray=explode(" ",$search); $query = "SELECT ID,name,description from restaurants WHERE keywords = '$search' OR (";
foreach($searchArray as $key){ $query = $query . " (name LIKE '%$key%' OR subType LIKE '%$key%' OR features LIKE '%$key%' OR neighborhood LIKE '%$key%' OR region LIKE '%$key%') OR";
}
$query = substr($query,0,strlen($query)-3); $query = $query . ") order by keywords";
I am not very familiar with the syntax of MS SQL and I am trying to write a stored procedure which would do a search and return matching records. This is what I need to achieve: for instance I create a form with 4 text fields - First Name - Last Name - Employee ID - Date
I am interested in writing a stored procedure that would run a select query based on the input in the text fields e.g. - if the user enters First Name and the Last Name (leaving Employee ID and Date fields blank) query should be something like select * from Employee where FirstName like @FirstName and LastName like @LastName - or if the user enters only the Employee ID stored procedure should run a query similar to select * from Employee where EmployeeID like @EmployeeID
Clients Contacts (multiple contacts for one client)
I'm trying to do a search that pulls a contacts where the search matches either the First Name, last Name or the clients name. If it does return clients, I'd like it to also return all the contacts associated with it.
I have two problems:
1. The query is not bringing up a lot of clients. In many cases a letter brings nothing back. Like G and H even though A and B return results.
2. If it finds a client it only returns one contact. I'd like it to return all contacts for the client.
Here's my query:
SELECT addressbook.clientid, clients.clientname, addressbook.addressid, addressbook.fname, addressbook.lname FROM clients, addressbook where clients.clientid = addressbook.addressid AND (addressbook.fname LIKE '".strtoupper($_GET['txtsearch'])."%' OR addressbook.lname LIKE '".strtoupper($_GET['txtsearch'])."%' OR clients.clientname LIKE '" . strtoupper($_GET['txtsearch'])."%')
