Rick, et al -- ...and then Rick Widmer said... % % At 02:57 PM 12/31/02 -0500, David T-G wrote: % >...and then Tularis said... % >% % >% Usually, % >% using mysql to handle your tables is *way* faster than letting php % >% handle it. % % Yes, do as much as you can in the database. The people who wrote it spent % a lot of time trying to optimize it.
Yeah :-) % % >% In your case, you could just do a complex join I think. That would give % > % >Ahhh... A new term. Back to the books for me! % % Here is a query from one of my projects... ... Wow. Some piece of work. % % Every field in the Schedule table is a key to another table that has to be % looked up and translated to something people will understand. Note the two Exactly my situation (by design; I at least know that I wouldn't want to store a name string in the schedule again and again and again :-) % different ways of connecting tables with LEFT JOIN. USING( fieldname ) % connects the table being joined, with the table listed right before it, % using the same fieldname in both. The ON syntax allows you to use % differently named fields, and/or a different table. I still don't get what a left or right or outer or inner join is... I've read the mysql docs for the syntax and some examples, but this is a place where I'll need to go to outside tutorials. Do you know of any (on the web) which will give me the background? TIA & Thanks for the example & Happy New Year :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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