subrecord & record query

[sicapitan]

Hi There, not sure if this can be done with SQL or if there is an SQL
crossover

I have two tables:

Table "record":
id, record_id, data1, data2

Table "subrecord" :
id, record_id, name, value

In the subrecord the name contains the header title, and the value the
value. I need to:

1. Search the database

(`name` = 'firstname' AND `value` LIKE %'somevalue%') AND
(`name` = 'emailaddress') AND `value` LIKE '%somevalue%')

2. Present the data like this :

foreach distinct `name` echo `name`
then
foreach `value` echo `value`

What I've got so far is the query linking the record to the subrecord,
so I can get all the data into an array with the names:

do {

$thelist['record_id'][] = $row_forms['record_id'];
if ( $row_forms['name'] == "firstname" ) $thelist['firstname'][] =
$row_forms['value'];
if ( $row_forms['name'] == "emailaddre ss" ) $thelist['emailaddress'][]
= $row_forms['value'];

} while ($row_forms = mysql_fetch_ass oc($forms));

Can i do this on a SQL level to avoid getting all the data into an
array record_id, then render results which match those id's. Sounds
overly complicated and confusing.

Any help appreciated. Thanks!
Ryan