SELECT * FROM `the_table` WHERE `field1` LIKE 'string%' OR `field2` LIKE 'string%' OR `field3` LIKE 'string%' OR `field4` LIKE 'string%' OR `field5` LIKE 'string%' OR `field6` LIKE 'string%' OR ...

This illustrated walk-through (with a demo worksheet) shows how easy it is to create a multi-column search solution using validation lists and conditional formatting. Excel offers numerous ways to ...

Search engines are integral features to any well designed website, but how well does your search engine work? Most simple search engines work by querying one column of a database for the search terms.

Splitting the contents of a cell into more than one column manually in Microsoft Excel would take too much time and likely result in errors. Fortunately, the program offers many ways—from built-in ...

Microsoft Excel 2010 can convert a worksheet to a data table to help you quickly analyze your related data in formatted rows and columns. When you need to expand the table layout, apply the Home tab ...