SQL: Where Field OR Field2 LIKE %entry%

Question

Is there an easier/more efficient way of doing the following WHERE conditions:

WHERE (Field LIKE %entry% OR Field2 LIKE %entry%)
AND (Field LIKE %entry2% OR Field2 LIKE %entry2%)

Answer 1

Please refer following link as well:

SELECT  *
FROM    mytable
WHERE   MATCH(filed, field2) AGAINST ('entry' IN NATURAL LANGUAGE MODE)

Answer 2

AND (Field LIKE %entry2% OR Field2 LIKE %entry2%)

this part is a part of

(Field LIKE %entry% OR Field2 LIKE %entry%)

You can omit it.

Answer 3

You could do:

where concat_ws(' ', field1, field2) like '%entry%' and
      concat_ws(' ', field1, field2) like '%entry2%'

The performance should be about the same.

If you want to improve performance, consider full text text.