function searchMultipleTables($searchTables, $searchOptions)
{
    global $VIEWER_NAME, $TABLE_PREFIX;
    $VIEWER_NAME = "Search Multiple Tables";
    # error checking
    if (!@$searchOptions['perPage']) {
        die("{$VIEWER_NAME} : No perPage option specified!\n");
    }
    ### create subqueries
    $subqueries = array();
    foreach ($searchTables as $tablename => $tableOptions) {
        foreach (array('viewerUrl', 'searchFields', 'titleField') as $optionName) {
            if (!@$tableOptions[$optionName]) {
                die("{$VIEWER_NAME} : No '{$optionName}' option specified for searchTable '" . htmlencode($tablename) . "'!\n");
            }
        }
        // get search fields
        $searchFieldsCSV = '';
        foreach ($tableOptions['searchFields'] as $fieldname) {
            if ($searchFieldsCSV) {
                $searchFieldsCSV .= ", ";
            }
            $searchFieldsCSV .= "`" . mysql_escape($fieldname) . "`";
        }
        // create query
        $fullEscapedTable = mysql_escape($TABLE_PREFIX . $tablename);
        $schema = loadSchema($tablename);
        $where = _addWhereConditionsForSpecialFields($schema, '', $searchOptions);
        $subquery = "SELECT '{$tablename}' as `tablename`, num, `{$tableOptions['titleField']}` as `_title`, ";
        if (@$tableOptions['summaryField']) {
            $subquery .= "`{$tableOptions['summaryField']}` as `_summary`, ";
        } else {
            $subquery .= "'' as `_summary`, ";
        }
        foreach (range(1, 10) as $num) {
            $fieldname = "field{$num}";
            if (@$tableOptions["field{$num}"]) {
                $subquery .= "`{$tableOptions[$fieldname]}` as `{$fieldname}`, ";
            } else {
                $subquery .= "'' as `{$fieldname}`, ";
            }
        }
        $subquery .= "CONCAT_WS('\\t', {$searchFieldsCSV}) as _content FROM `{$fullEscapedTable}` {$where}\n";
        $subqueries[] = $subquery;
    }
    # create query
    $schema = array('_content' => array());
    // allow this field to be searched in _getWhereForSearchQuery
    $where = _getWhereForSearchQuery($searchOptions['keywords'], array('_content'), $schema);
    $query = "SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS * FROM (\n  " . implode('  UNION ', $subqueries) . ") as combinedTable\n";
    if ($where) {
        $query .= "WHERE {$where}";
    }
    if (@$searchOptions['orderBy']) {
        $query .= " ORDER BY " . $searchOptions['orderBy'] . " ";
    }
    $query .= mysql_limit($searchOptions['perPage'], @$_REQUEST['page']);
    #
    ## execute query
    $rows = array();
    if ($searchOptions['keywords'] && $where) {
        if (@$searchOptions['debugSql']) {
            print "<xmp>{$query}</xmp>";
        }
        $result = mysql_query($query) or die("{$VIEWER_NAME}: MySQL Error: " . htmlencode(mysql_error()) . "\n");
        while ($record = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
            $detailUrl = $searchTables[$record['tablename']]['viewerUrl'];
            $filenameValue = '';
            // not working yet... getFilenameFieldValue($record, $searchTables[$record['tablename']]['filenameFields']);
            $useSeoUrls = false;
            $link = _getLink($detailUrl, $filenameValue, $record['num'], $useSeoUrls);
            $record['_title'] = $record['_title'];
            $record['_summary'] = strip_tags($record['_summary']);
            $record['_link'] = $link;
            array_push($rows, $record);
        }
    }
    $searchOptions['pageNum'] = @$_REQUEST['page'];
    $listDetails = _getListDetails($searchOptions, count($rows));
    //
    return array($rows, $listDetails);
}
function getMysqlLimit($perPage, $pageNum)
{
    return mysql_limit($perPage, $pageNum);
}