could someone point out the error in the followin php/mysql code
$strSearchVal = $_GET['q'];
//database connection..
//...
$strSQL = "SELECT DISTINCT area FROM hospital where area like '%'+ $strSearchVal; ";
$result = mysql_query($strSQL);
while ($arrThisRow = mysql_fetch_array($result )) {
echo '<li>' . $arrThisRow['area'] . '</li>';