On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 03:05:19PM -0500, Sander, Ryan wrote:
> I doing a newspaper site. My database has a different table for each
> category (local, sports, etc). All of the columns are the same for each
> table (Headline, byline, body, etc). Is there any way to search all of the
> tables at once (since they all have the same columns)?
>
> To further illustrate. If a user is searching for a story with the
> headline "The Headline" and they don't specify a category, then I have to
> search each table for that headline. Is there an easy was to do this or do
> I have to do a different search for each table?
>
If they are defined identically (i.e. fields and indices) you can
use a merge table for this (since MySQL 3.23.x).
> I have looked through the archive and manual with no success. Any
> suggestions would be appreciated.
>
Look up MERGE tables for more information.
Regards,
Fred.
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