Hi Pete, Thanks for the reply ...
If only it were that straightforward :) What I need to do is change the parameters of the search on the first tables depending on various conditions of a column in a table not otherwise included in the query. I have a feeling CASE will do it somehow, but I can't get the syntax. Jenny >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Pete Jordan [mailto:houseoffus...@skydancer.org.uk] >>Sent: 22 May 2011 19:00 >>To: cf-talk >>Subject: Re: SQL Quandary >> >> >> >>What Russ wrote regarding your parameters table. >> >>I've not got an SQL server box booted up to check, but the equivalent of >>the following sort of thing works fine in MySQL: >> >>SELECT dbo.tbl_stock.stockID, dbo.tbl_stockItems.stockItemID, >>dbo.tbl_stockItems.projected >>FROM dbo.tbl_stock INNER JOIN >>dbo.tbl_stockItems ON dbo.tbl_stock.stockID = >>dbo.tbl_stockItems.stockID >>INNER JOIN dbo.tbl_parameters ON dbo.tbl_parameters.someKey = 'some value' >>where stockID > 0 AND >> (dbo.tbl_parameters.someField != '#thisValue#' OR >>stockitems.Projected > 0) >> >>As long as your parameters table join condition only ever matches one >>record, you should be fine. >> >> >>-- >>Pete Jordan >>Horus Web Engineering Ltd >>90 Belvoir Street >>Hull HU5 3LR >>p: 01482 446471 >>m: 07973 725120 >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344819 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
