using LIKE with logical operators

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Published on 2009-11-04T16:02:33Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 1:43 UTC
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i can't seem to figure out how to combine LIKE with an OR or AND:

DELETE * FROM persons WHERE FirstName = 'Abe' AND LastName LIKE '%coln';

Looks like it should owrk to me but I get error 1064 (syntax0

Is there a correct way to do this?

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