MySQL Query with multiple AND statements seems to be ignoring one

Question

I\'m trying to run a query on a MySQL database, but I found that it seems to be ignoring the \'status\' item.

SELECT * FROM  `posts`  
WHERE
      `tags` LIK         


        

Answer 1

Maybe you should use some brackets I don't know what combinations you want but try this:

  SELECT * FROM  `posts`  
    WHERE
         ( `tags` LIKE '%gda%' 
       OR `tags` LIKE '%contests%' 
       OR `tags` LIKE '%merch%' 
      )
      AND `newsID` != '2134' 
      AND `status` > '1' 
    ORDER BY  `postDate` DESC  LIMIT 5