> In a further followup to my needing to combine colummns, I have the two > following SELECTS that each work when I do them alone > > select empssn,paycode_1,payrate_1 from paympe where not paycode_1 = '000' > select empssn,paycode_2,payrate_2 from paympe where not paycode_2 = '000' > > However, when I do > > select empssn,paycode_1,payrate_1 from paympe where not paycode_1 = '000' > union all > select empssn,paycode_2,payrate_2 from paympe where not paycode_2 = '000' > > I get a syntax error > > According to the docs, this should work in versions past mySQL 4, and I seem > to be running a version rather later than that > > mysql Ver 11.18 Distrib 3.23.52, for pc-linux (i686)
Isn't this MySQL version 3.23? Try a: select version() > What am I doing wrong here? I have two valid SELECT statements; the field > sizes and types are the same (indeed, empssn is the same field). This > SHOULD provide me with what I'm looking for, but... With regards, Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL Server. Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
