Dropdown box / database

Question

Hi,
I have a drop down list which returns the variable into my
sql statement to filter the records ie SELECT * FROM db WHERE
dbcolumn= dropdown box result. All works fine except now I want to
add an 'ALL' option into the dropdown box, but how do I fit this
into my sql since no result I assign to the 'ALL' value in the drop
down box will = or even be 'LIKE' the inidividual column values in
my database. I was hoping there would be an 'OR' function in SQL so
I could use WHERE dbcolumn = var1 OR dbcolumn = var2 . . . any
ideas please? Thanks

Answer 1

greentra wrote:
> I was hoping there would be an 'OR' function in SQL so I
could
> use WHERE dbcolumn = var1 OR dbcolumn = var2
There is. That's exactly it.
The alternative is to set the value of ALL to "%". That's the
SQL
wildcard character that will match anything.
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