Shoutbox

this is frustrating me why is this query not returning any results when it should be:

code:

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SELECT * FROM ads WHERE 'mode' != 4 AND 'mode' != 3 AND 'zone' = 1

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no errors it just doesn't return the results, and when i remove the 'zone = 1 it works fine(and yes i do have results that meet those three conditions)