How can i fix this problem with OR/AND clause in SQL - sql

Question

I have a set of patents that I have titles and abstracts on and would like to search in such a way that their final search algorithm requires the keyword “software” to be present, and none of the keywords “chip”, “semiconductor”, “bus”, “circuit” or “circuit” to be present.
i did This:
SELECT distinct
tls201_appln.docdb_family_id
, tls201_appln.appln_id
, [appln_auth]
, [appln_nr]
, [appln_kind]
, [appln_filing_date]
, [receiving_office]
, [earliest_publn_date]
, [granted]
, [nb_citing_docdb_fam]
, [nb_applicants]
, [nb_inventors]
, tls202_appln_title.appln_title
FROM tls201_appln
INNER JOIN tls202_appln_title ON tls201_appln.appln_id = tls202_appln_title.appln_id
INNER JOIN tls203_appln_abstr ON tls201_appln.appln_id = tls203_appln_abstr.appln_id
WHERE (appln_title like '%software%'
or appln_abstract like '%software%')
AND appln_title not like '%chip%'
or '%semiconductor%'
or '%circuity%'
or '%circuitry%'
or '%bus'%'
or appln_abstract not like '%chip%'
or '%semiconductor%'
or '%circuity%'
or '%circuitry%'
or '%bus'%'
AND appln_filing_year between 2003 and 2008
but im getting this error An expression of non-boolean type specified in a context where a condition is expected, near 'or'. What should i do?

Answer 1

This is wrong:
and appln_title not like '%chip%' or '%semiconductor%' or '%circuity%'
This is right:
and appln_title not like '%chip%'
and appln_title not like '%semiconductor%'
and appln_title not like '%circuity%'

Answer 2

Sample data would be helpful so I could test my code.
To help whoever maintains this code in the future, you'd do well to qualify your column names. It's difficult to know what's going on when I can't tell which table each column comes from.
This is considerably more verbose, but possibly easier to understand and maintain. Will this work?
with main as (
SELECT distinct
tls201_appln.docdb_family_id
, tls201_appln.appln_id
, [appln_auth]
, [appln_nr]
, [appln_kind]
, [appln_filing_date]
, [receiving_office]
, [earliest_publn_date]
, [granted]
, [nb_citing_docdb_fam]
, [nb_applicants]
, [nb_inventors]
, tls202_appln_title.appln_title
, appln_abstract
FROM tls201_appln
INNER JOIN tls202_appln_title ON tls201_appln.appln_id = tls202_appln_title.appln_id
INNER JOIN tls203_appln_abstr ON tls201_appln.appln_id = tls203_appln_abstr.appln_id
WHERE appln_title + ' ' + appln_abstract like '%software%'
AND appln_filing_year between 2003 and 2008
)
select docdb_family_id
, appln_id
, [appln_auth]
, [appln_nr]
, [appln_kind]
, [appln_filing_date]
, [receiving_office]
, [earliest_publn_date]
, [granted]
, [nb_citing_docdb_fam]
, [nb_applicants]
, [nb_inventors]
, appln_title
from main
except
select docdb_family_id
, appln_id
, [appln_auth]
, [appln_nr]
, [appln_kind]
, [appln_filing_date]
, [receiving_office]
, [earliest_publn_date]
, [granted]
, [nb_citing_docdb_fam]
, [nb_applicants]
, [nb_inventors]
, appln_title
from main
where exists (
select 1
from (
select '%chip%' as cond
union select '%semiconductor%'
union select '%circuity%'
union select '%circuitry%'
union select '%bus%'
) c
where appln_title like c.cond
or appln_abstract like c.cond
)
based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/1127100/9937026