SELECT entity_id FROM entities WHERE part1='Foo' OR part2='Foo' OR part3='Foo' ... OR part12='Foo'; #### SELECT entity_id FROM entities WHERE 'Foo' IN (part1, part2, part3, ..., part12); #### SELECT e.entity_id FROM entities e INNER JOIN entity_parts ep ON e.entity_id=ep.entity_id WHERE ep.part='Foo' #### SELECT e.entity_id FROM entities e INNER JOIN entity_parts ep1 ON e.entity_id=ep1.entity_id INNER JOIN entity_parts ep2 ON e.entity_id=ep2.entity_id WHERE ep1.part='Foo' AND ep2.part IN ('Bar', 'Baz')