SQL SELECT query not working – unable to find error [closed]

by

You need three separate SELECTs (and probably a wildcard search):

SELECT *
FROM tbl_books
WHERE title LIKE '%law%'
LIMIT 0,30

SELECT *
FROM tbl_books_author 
WHERE title LIKE '%law%'
LIMIT 0,30

SELECT *
FROM tbl_books_subject
WHERE title LIKE '%law%'
LIMIT 0,30

If you return compatible results you might UNION them:

SELECT 'book   ', title
FROM tbl_books
WHERE title LIKE '%law%'

UNION ALL

SELECT 'author ', author
FROM tbl_books_author 
WHERE title LIKE '%law%'

UNION ALL

SELECT 'subject', subject
FROM tbl_books_subject
WHERE title LIKE '%law%'
LIMIT 0,30

Leave a Comment