Using OR in LIKE Query in MySQL to compare multiple fields

Question

I always thought that you could use OR in a LIKE statment to query things in MySQL. So, if I wanted to compare multiple fields in a row to 1 keywo

Answer 1

Use this::

SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE (Column1 LIKE '%keyword1%' OR Column2 LIKE 
'%keyword1%') AND (Column1 LIKE '%keyword2%' OR Column2 LIKE '%keyword2%');