Quoting Christian Kavanagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dear list, > > I'm hoping to move to MySQL from Access, mostly so I can use my Mac to > build databases. So far I've been able to set up MySQL, connect to it, > and create databases and tables. Getting to this point has required a > paradigm shift or two on my part (my first question after it was > installed was, okay, how the hell do I open up the app and start > work?). > > Now I'd like to create some relationships between the tables in my > database. But I'm having some trouble getting my head around how to do > this - probably because I'm working with an Access paradigm. Imagine I > had two tables: > > CONTACT COMPANY > contactID coID > name name > employer
Christian! CONTACT company_id COMPANY contactID coID name name employer assuming your coID stands for company ID, tie these two fields together select * from CONTACT,COMPANY where COMPANY.coID = CONTACT.company_id try that for starters Richard > > I want the field contact.employer to link to a specific company record. > In Access I'd set up a "lookup" in the field contact.employer, linked > to the field company.coid; how do I achieve the same results in MySQL? > > If anyone can answer this or point me to a good resource I will be very > grateful. > > Thanks in advance, > Chris. > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > R. Whitney Transcend Development "Producing the next phase of your internet presence" http://xend.net Premium Quality Web Hosting http://hosting.xend.net rw AT xend.net Net Binder http://netbinder.net 310-943-6498 602-288-5340 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
