Hi,
I am guessing this is the kind of problem that would be easier to solve with
a sub select
SELECT
simpleparts.category,simpleparts.partnumber,simpleparts.manufacturer,simplep
arts.descrp,ABS(packagesParts.pri) as abPRI,categories.sortorder
FROM ((packagenames LEFT JOIN packagesParts ON packagenames.packageID =
packagesParts.packageID)
LEFT JOIN simpleparts ON packagesParts.partnumber = simpleparts.partnumber)
LEFT JOIN categories ON simpleparts.category = categories.category
WHERE simpleparts.configurator <>0
AND categories.onconfig <>0
AND packagenames.packagename = $system_name
AND simpleparts.category = ?
ORDER BY abPRI DESC
This in one case returns
------------------+------------+--------------+---------------------+------+
-----------+
| category | partnumber | manufacturer | descrp | pri
| sortorder |
+------------------+------------+--------------+---------------------+------
+-----------+
| Game Controllers | 234232 | Jumbo Video | Video card | 1 |
24 |
| Hard Drives | 78544 | HTH | a Drive controller
| 1 | 12 |
| Floppy Drives | HP-4p | HP | 4P - 48bit
| 1 | 13 |
| CPUs | int-550c | Intel | Celeron 500MHZ 128K |
1 | 1 |
| Memory | mem-102 | who knows | 256M 120pin | 1
| 3 |
| Scanners | 9955 | Acer | 10 ISA
| 0 | 22 |
| Game Controllers | game-01 | Atari | Simple stick |
0 | 24 |
| CPUs | INT550 | INTEL | PIII 550 CPU
| 0 | 1 |
| Memory | mem-101 | who knows | 128M
| 0 | 3 |
| Modems | mod-124 | USR | sportster 28.8
| 0 | 9 |
+------------------+------------+--------------+---------------------+------
+-----------+
But I have one more constraint that I would like to be able to include in
the query and not deal with in code.
I want to not return anything in the case where none of the
packagesParts.pri are = 0 this is hard because I do what those
packagesParts.pri =0 where there is a packagesParts.pri = 1 in the result set.
Is there a way to cram this into my query with mysql as it stands?
I saw some people here do some pretty fancy stuff, so I thought it was worth
asking.
Thanks,
Eric
Frazier Consulting
http://www.kwinternet.com/eric
(250) 655 - 9513
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