Re: 'select where' using multiple columns.

RK> Hi,

RK> I've googled around for this but can't see a decent way of doing this :

RK> I've got a persons name which is being stored say in 3 columns :-
RK> Title, Forename_1, Forename_2, Surname. I want to allow a search say for
RK> 'John Smith'. Problem is I can't just break it up into forename and
RK> surname because I won't also know.
RK> Is there a way to do something like a
RK> 'select * where forename_1,forename_2,surname like '%String%' ??

RK> Thanks for any help. Apologies if its a FAQ.

RK> Rob

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Try this way:

select * .... where forename_1||' '||forename_2||' '||surname like '%String%'

or

select * .... where forename_1||' '||forename_2||' '||surname~'String'

DAQ