Mysql search query two columns

Question

I\'m bulding a search function for my web site and wish to search by two columns: title and author.

Query:

SELECT title, bookID, publisher, pubDate, boo         


        

Answer 1

Try it out:

SELECT bk.title, bk.bookID, bk.publisher, bk.pubDate, bk.book_image, bk.authorID, au.author
FROM books bk,  authors au
WHERE bk.authorID = au.authorID AND bk.title LIKE '$queryString%' OR au.author LIKE '$queryString%' LIMIT 5