Oh, wait... perhaps I'm missing the obvious. In:
SELECT sa.*, 'acr' as propertyType FROM smlc_acr sa You're just explicitly assigning the value acr to the variable, "propertyType". Right? Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Dominic Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:02 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Need some advice on speeding up query... > > > I don't understand that, Dominic. > > > > What does the 'acr' refer to? > > It's just a string, it doesn't *refer* to anything and it could be set > to anything you want - I set it to 'acr' because the table was called > smlc_acr. > > So what I am doing there is selecting a 'propertyType' based on the > table that I am selecting from. > > Make sense? > > Dominic > > -- > Blog it up: http://fusion.dominicwatson.co.uk > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:304183 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4