Like statement across multiple columns in SQL - sql

Question

I'm trying to query a like statement across multiple columns. I have the following search terms:
'dog'
'cat'
'rabbit'
'gerbil'
'guinea pig'
'hamster'
and I need search for these terms or terms LIKE these in the 'animals' table which has about 40 different columns. I am aware I can do the like statement by doing
Select * from animals where [animalscolumn] like ('%dog%') or like ('%cat%') or like ('%gerbil%') or like ('%hamster%') or like ('%guinea pig%')
However the 'animalscolumn' isn't the only column I need to run the 'LIKE' statement across. I have to search for these terms in about 40 columns. Would anyone happen to know how? Thanks!

Answer 1

multiple like statements can not be used with or directly. You have to use column name for each like statement.
Use multiple like as mentioned below.
Select *
from animals
where
(
[animalscolumn] like ('%dog%') or
[animalscolumn] like ('%cat%') or
[animalscolumn] like ('%gerbil%') or
[animalscolumn] like ('%hamster%') or
[animalscolumn] like ('%guinea pig%')
)

Answer 2

If you want to find a set of number you can use IN
SELECT *
FROM tableName
WHERE columnId IN (154,156,133,157,119)

Answer 3

$sql = "SELECT * from like1 WHERE tutorial_author LIKE '$apply'
OR
tutorial_title LIKE '$apply'";

Answer 4

if($mode == 'search_contact'){
// $prefix='%';
$apply=$dataObj['search'];
$data = array();
// $sql = "SELECT * from add_contact WHERE tutorial_author OR tutorial_title LIKE '$apply'";
$sql = "SELECT * from add_contact WHERE
first_name LIKE '%$apply%'
OR
last_name LIKE '%$apply%'
OR
title LIKE '%$apply%'
OR
company LIKE '%$apply%'
OR
address LIKE '%$apply%'";
$result = $myConnection->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
// print_r($result->fetch_assoc());
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
$row['user_image'] = site_url.upload_dir.$row['image'];
// print_r($row);
$data[]=$row;
}
$array = array('status'=>true, 'message'=> 'contacts fetched successfully', 'data'=> $data);
echo json_encode($array);
exit;
} else {
$array = array('status'=>false, 'message'=> "No contacts available" );
echo json_encode($array);
exit;
}
}

Answer 5

Select * from cscart_users
where status like '%a' and user_type like '%c' and firstname like '%az%';

Answer 6

Select * from cscart_users where status like '%a' and user_type like '%c'and firstname like'%az%';
syntax:
select * from tablename where columnname like'%b' and columnname2 like '%g';

Answer 7

Here is an example of a SQL Server stored procedure that takes a parameter.
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].sp_SearchMultiple #SearchTerm nvarchar(256)
AS
BEGIN
SET #SearchTerm = '%' + #SearchTerm + '%'
SELECT TOP 100
id, col1, col2, col3
FROM
asset_f
WHERE
col1 LIKE #SearchTerm OR col2 LIKE #SearchTerm OR col3 LIKE #SearchTerm
ORDER BY
id ASC
END