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Question

Desperately seeking help. I am using dreamweaver, php and
MySql. I am building my first dynamic web page (so be easy on me, I
am green:) and I am having troubles with a results page. I got the
simple SearchString working just fine – but I can't get an
advanced search page to work.
On the search page, I have several list boxes (for simplicity
I will only refer to two of these list boxes). The list boxes are
in a form named form2. The list boxes allow a user to select one or
many. Rather than listing the menu structure, I have this set up
dynamically (pulls the info from the database).
In the returned_results page, I have a recordset with the SQL
e.g.: (keep in mind that form2 doesn't appear in the query anywhere
– this might be the problem?)
SELECT blah blah
FROM blah blah
WHERE RESTAURANTPRICE_ID like 'value1' AND CUISINE_ID like
'value2'
ORDER BY REST_NAME ASC
Variables:
Name; default value; runtime value
value1 % $_GET['PRICE_Price']
value2 % $_GET['CUISINE_Name']
Now if I test this from the search page, the returned_results
returns ALL columns of data, regardless of what I selected from the
list boxes. Tested it again by changing the default variable value1
and value2 to 1 and it will return ALL columns that meet this
criteria, but again, this is regardless of what I selected from the
list box.
Somehow my returned_results query works fine on its own, but
its not making the connection from the search page where a user
would select their criteria.
I can upload code if needed. What the heck am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

$query_Recordset1 = sprintf("SELECT * FROM images2 WHERE key_words LIKE '%$keyword%' ORDER BY id DESC", GetSQLValueString($colname_Recordset1, "text")); 
Why are you using the $keyword variable rather than the sprintf parameter? I don't know php, but it seems like that is your problem. Maybe try something like this:
$query_Recordset1 = sprintf("SELECT * FROM images2 WHERE key_words LIKE %s ORDER BY id DESC", GetSQLValueString("%" . $colname_Recordset1 . "%",  "text"));