Select from two tables with same column name mysql

Question

I have two tables I need to select * from . Im building a search code.

This is my query:

SELECT articles.*, news.* FROM articles, news WHERE title LIKE '%$search%' OR short_description LIKE '%$search%' OR author LIKE '%$search%' OR date LIKE '%$search%' LIMIT 15

I get this error:

Error
SQL query: Documentation


SELECT articles.*, news.* FROM articles, news WHERE title LIKE '%$search%' OR short_description LIKE '%$search%' OR author LIKE '%$search%' OR date LIKE '%$search%' LIMIT 15
MySQL said: Documentation

#1052 - Column 'title' in where clause is ambiguous

Answer 1

Try this?

SELECT a.*, n.* FROM articles a,
join news n on a.____ = n.______
WHERE a.title LIKE '%$search%' OR a.short_description LIKE '%$search%' 
OR n.author LIKE '%$search%' OR n.date LIKE '%$search%' 
LIMIT 15

You need to add Alias', I have guessed below what each of the tables the LIKE statements could be pulling from. You'll need to replace the a.___ with the right identifier yourself.

It may also be worth changing the old JOIN Syntax.