Wildcard

Hi all. I’m trying to figure out how to do a search trough a MySQL db using LIKE or = but the thing is that I have 3 select boxes from where to choose the search terms. Can I use something like a wildcard instead of making several IF statements like this? SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE col1 = value1 AND col2 = value2 AND col3 = % % goes for an unselected select box (default value = %) in case the user doesn’t want to make an *advanced* search, so it fetches all rows which does contains values 1 & 2. Thanks, <mailto:webmaster@icaam.com.ar> Cesar Aracena CE / MCSE+I Neuquen, Argentina +54.299.6356688 +54.299.4466621