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Note

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You need to have configured the phpMyAdmin configuration storage for using bookmarks -feature.

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Storing bookmarks

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Any query that is executed can be marked as a bookmark on the page -where the results are displayed. You will find a button labeled -Bookmark this query just at the end of the page. As soon as you have -stored a bookmark, that query is linked to the database. -You can now access a bookmark dropdown on each page where the query box appears on for that database.

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Variables inside bookmarks

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Inside a query, you can also add placeholders for variables. -This is done by inserting into the query SQL comments between /* and -*/. The special string [VARIABLE{variable-number}] is used inside the comments. -Be aware that the whole query minus the SQL comments must be -valid by itself, otherwise you won’t be able to store it as a bookmark. -Also, note that the text ‘VARIABLE’ is case-sensitive.

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When you execute the bookmark, everything typed into the Variables -input boxes on the query box page will replace the strings /*[VARIABLE{variable-number}]*/ in -your stored query.

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Also remember, that everything else inside the /*[VARIABLE{variable-number}]*/ string for -your query will remain the way it is, but will be stripped of the /**/ -chars. So you can use:

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/*, [VARIABLE1] AS myname */
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which will be expanded to

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, VARIABLE1 as myname
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in your query, where VARIABLE1 is the string you entered in the Variable 1 input box.

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A more complex example, say you have stored this query:

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SELECT Name, Address FROM addresses WHERE 1 /* AND Name LIKE '%[VARIABLE1]%' */
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If you wish to enter “phpMyAdmin” as the variable for the stored query, the full -query will be:

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SELECT Name, Address FROM addresses WHERE 1 AND Name LIKE '%phpMyAdmin%'
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NOTE THE ABSENCE OF SPACES inside the /**/ construct. Any spaces -inserted there will be later also inserted as spaces in your query and may lead -to unexpected results especially when using the variable expansion inside of a -“LIKE ‘’” expression.

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Browsing a table using a bookmark

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When a bookmark has the same name as the table, it will be used as the query when browsing -this table.

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See also

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6.18 Bookmarks: Where can I store bookmarks? Why can’t I see any bookmarks below the query box? What are these variables for?, -6.22 Bookmarks: Can I execute a default bookmark automatically when entering Browse mode for a table?

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