here is what i would do:

select *
from people
order by name

and then you can make your display choices on the display
layer, and handle it through html and cf statements.  not
sure if you can accomplish with that db design.

and on that note, i think a join table would be more normalized, but not DIRE.

tw

On 2/15/06, J W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to get a query to run and right now my brain is in Monday mode..
>
> Lets say I have 2 tables
>
> Table 1 - COLORS
>
> ColorID   Color
> 1    red
> 2    blue
> 3    green
> 4    tan
>
> Table 2 - PEOPLE
>
> PersonID    Name   colorchoice1   colorchoice2
> 1    Jane   1   3
> 2    Jim     2   4
>
>
> How do I display this from a query:
>
> Jane  red   green
> Jim    blue  tan
>
> ?? I can get one name by using this
>
> select *
> from colors c, people p
> where c.colorchoiceID = p.colorchoice1
>
> That will effectively give me the name of the first color. How in the world
> can I get the second color in ONE query. I can do it in two, but trying to
> use it in CFGRID, you can only use the one. Is it even possible to get in 1?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
>
> 

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