SELECT orderid FROM ORDERS_TABLE WHERE orderstatus IN ( 'Cancelled', 'New'", 'Denied', 'Expired' , 'Failed' , 'Pending' , 'Refunded' , 'Reversed' , 'Under Review' , 'Voided') AND orderdate < '".mysqli_real_escape_string($ yesterday); Another option would be to use either of these functions - Find-in-set<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/string-functions.html#function_find-in-set>. This is useful if your data type is SET/ENUM type - Field<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/string-functions.html#function_field> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Karl DeSaulniers <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > SELECT orderid > FROM ORDERS_TABLE > WHERE orderstatus = 'Cancelled' OR (orderstatus = ('New' > OR 'Denied' OR 'Expired' OR 'Failed' OR 'Pending' OR 'Refunded' OR > 'Reversed' OR 'Under Review' OR 'Voided') AND orderdate < > '".mysqli_real_escape_string($**yesterday)."')"; > ============ regds amit "The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."