I'm sorry I have to disagree... I'd much rather make one call to the DB and get all of my results in 1 query. It's faster.
On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 19:59:14 +0100, Pascal Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't join them, there is no reason to in this case. Use 2 queries. > > Pascal > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stuart Kidd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 09 November 2004 19:22 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: When two tables go to war (JOIN) > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I've got two tables: > > > > 1 is full of articles (articleID, articleName, articleBody, authorID) > > 2 is full of authors (authorID, authorFirstName, authorSurname) > > > > I would like to join them. > > > > <cfquery name="showArticle" datasource="user020"> > > SELECT * > > FROM Articles > > WHERE articleID = '#url.updateID# > > </cfquery> > > > > And > > > > <cfquery name="getAuthor" datasource="user020"> > > SELECT authorID, authorFirstName, authorSurname > > FROM Authors > > </cfquery> > > > > Could somebody please explain how to join them so I only retrieve > certain > > articles (where articleID = #url.updateID#) but get all the Authors > (as I > > want to populate a list whereby the user can select who is the author > of > > this particular article). > > > > Thanks very much guys, > > > > Saturday > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:183782 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
