I have a query I am hoping to shorten.
SELECT date1, date2, date3, date4, date5, date6, date7 FROM dates_db
WHERE date1 =('$date1') OR date1 =('$date2') OR date1=('$date3')
OR date1=('$date4') OR date1=('$date5') OR date1=('$date6')
OR date1=('$date7') OR date2 =('$date1') OR date2 =('$date2')
OR date2=('$date3') OR date2=('$date4') OR date2=('$date5')
OR date2=('$date6') OR date2=('$date7') OR date3 =('$date1')
OR date3 =('$date2')OR date3=('$date3') OR date3=('$date4')
OR date3=('$date5') OR date3=('$date6') OR date3=('$date7')
and so on for date 1-7 .
This query is massive, is there any way of shortening it. This is for a calender type design where it is looking for data entries that are in different days. So if a date matches then it will post it to the calendar.