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

Try to use brackets to emphasize your logical sentences. Such as:

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

Otherwise, your logic gets lost. Also using brackets makes easier to read your SQL sentences.