Spry Search whith Multiple Search fields

Introduction
One of the most frequently asked questions on Spry Data Utilities Toolkit is "How to use
Spry Search with multiple search fields?".
The short answer is this: You have to do it EXACTLY the same way as you would without
Spry.
The steps are as follows:
1. Add all the form fields required to filter your Recordset.
2. Set up your Recordset to select records based on the values from those fields.

Example #1: Exact match for two or more fields

In this example we have a database table user_accounts. Two of the columns in the table are
First_Name and Last_Name. The goal is to build the functionality which would allow you to
search this table for a combination of first and last name. This video shows step-by-step how
to build a single field search (by first name only). We just need to expand this functionality by
adding the second field - last name.
1. Using Forms tab on the Insert bar add another text field to your search form and
name it the same as the database column you will be searching - Last_Name.
2. Modify the Recordset to include the newly created field in the search.
1. Double-click your Recordset name in the Server Behaviors panel to open the
Recordset dialog:

As you can see this view allows you specify a single search field only.
2. Click "Advanced" button to switch to the Advanced view.
Once in the Advanced view click the "+" button right above the Variables list
to add a new variable.

Enter a unique name in the Name field, select Text as the Type (because last
name is just a piece of text, not date or number). Enter some impossible value
in the Default value (this is to make sure that search is not triggered without
invoking it by user) - "-1" is a good choice.
Finally specify the Runtime value. The pattern is $_POST['field_name'] where
field_name is the name of your search field.
In our case it's Last_Name:

This is PHP syntax. If you are using ASP the syntax for the Runtime value
would be Request.Form("Last_Name").
For ColdFusion the Runtime value is not being specified and the dialogs would
look slightly different.
3. Click OK and the variable will appear in the Variables list:

Now it is time to add it to the query.

4. Place your cursor right after "WHERE First_Name=colname" in the SQL box.
Type " AND Last_Name=colname2":

For ColdFusion the syntax would be "AND

Last_Name=#FORM.Last_Name#".
Click OK and save the file.
That's all! Now when you search by first name and last name the results will
include only those records where both fields match entered values.
If instead you want to find records matching either first name or last name use
"OR" instead of "AND" in your SQL statement:

In both cases we will be looking for an exact match.

If you want the query to find results based only on the first few characters
typed by a user the SQL syntax will be slightly different:
PHP:
SELECT *
FROM user_accounts
WHERE First_Name LIKE colname% OR Last_Name LIKE colname2%
ORDER BY First_Name ASC
ASP:
SELECT *
FROM user_accounts
WHERE First_Name LIKE MMColParam% OR Last_Name LIKE
MMColParam2%
ORDER BY First_Name ASC
ColdFusion:
SELECT *
FROM user_accounts
WHERE First_Name LIKE #FORM.First_Name#% OR Last_Name LIKE
#FORM.Last_Name#%
ORDER BY First_Name ASC

Use the patterns described above to add more fields/variables to your search if
required.

Example #2: Searching for a Date range

In this example we have a database table events which stores some events with dates. We
want to be able to search for events within a date range, so instead of the "First Name" and
"Last Name" fields the search form will contain "From Date" and "To Date" fields. The SQL
statement will look slightly different:

We are searching for a match where the value in event_date column is between colname
AND colname2.
Variable are also being set up in slightly different way.
Here is the PHP example:

As you can see the Type is set to Date. Runtime value, of course, is set to the name of the
corresponding field. In this case is $_POST['Date_From'].
ASP Example:

And the Runtime value of the variables is set to an unlikely value:

Conclusion
Hopefully you have found this tutorial to be useful. More information on working with
advanced recordsets can be found in Dreamweaver Help. You can access it by clicking Help
button in the Advanced view of