QUERY for two columns

Question

I am trying to use one query to search in two nonconsecutive columns.
So far I have the below formula.

=QUERY(combine!A1:D,"SELECT * WHERE LOWER(A) LIKE LOWER("""&B1&""") or SELECT * WHERE LOWER(D) LIKE LOWER("""&B1&""")",1)

But I want to type in B1 different names that might be in column A or column D and there might be more than 20 rows with that name.

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Rubén · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-31 00:27:47Z

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The SELECT and WHERE keywords should be included only once.

Try

=QUERY(combine!A1:D,"SELECT * WHERE LOWER(A) LIKE LOWER("""&B1&""") or LOWER(D) LIKE LOWER("""&B1&""")",1)

answered Dec 31, 2019 at 0:27

Rubén♦

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