+ Any query you have executed can be stored 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, it is related to the database you run the query on. You can
+ now access a bookmark dropdown on each page, the query box appears on for that database.
+
+ Since phpMyAdmin 2.4.1 you are also able to store variables for the bookmarks. Just use the string
+ /*[VARIABLE]*/ anywhere in your query. Everything which is put into the value input
+ box on the query box page will replace the string "/*[VARIABLE]*/" in your stored query.
+ Just be aware of that you HAVE to create a valid query, otherwise your query won't be even able to be
+ stored in the database.
+ Also remember, that everything else inside the /*[VARIABLE]*/ string for your query will remain
+ the way it is, but will be stripped of the /**/ chars. So you can use:
+ /*, [VARIABLE] AS myname */
+ which will be expanded to
+ , VARIABLE as myname
+ in your query, where VARIABLE is the string you entered in the input box. If an empty string is
+ provided, no replacements are made.
+
+ A more complex example. Say you have stored this query:
+ SELECT Name, Address FROM addresses WHERE 1 /* AND Name LIKE '%[VARIABLE]%' */
+ Say, you now enter "phpMyAdmin" as the variable for the stored query, the full query will
+ be:
+ SELECT Name, Address FROM addresses WHERE 1 AND Name LIKE '%phpMyAdmin%'
+
+
+ You can use multiple occurences of /*[VARIABLE]*/ in a single query.
+ 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.
+ Your initial query which is going to be stored as a bookmark has to yield at least one result row so
+ you can store the bookmark. You may have that to work around using well positioned "/**/"
+ comments.
+