Hi Leo, long time. I'm confused by a few things. 1. You have no 'field_id' parameter in the array, so how would it know what field to check? 2. If you want the value to be equal to 3 for example, why are you using LIKE instead of the equals sign? So something more like: array( 'fi.form_id' => 3, 'meta_value =' => 3, 'field_id' => 17 ), Alternatively you could use a straight sql command such as: select item_id from wp_frm_item_metas where field_id= 17 and meta_value = 3

Hi Rob, Great to hear from you, and thanks for replying. I tried your suggestion and it returns an empty array. I feel like there is a specific syntax to the $where parameter but I can't decipher or guess it. I've tried every variation I can think of, including: 'field_id' => 26 'field_id=' => 26 'fi.field_id' => 26 (what is the fi anyway??  it works on the form_id but I don't know why)   I can't find any documentation of this function and it's parameters (other than Mastermind's, which doesn't explain the $where parameter). I may have to resort to a direct db query. I avoid that as much as possible do to potential for breakage with future upgrades, but unless someone can advise on $where and $args syntax for this function, I may not have any other choice.