some more info on this: putting "user AS friend" improves the query, but does not eliminate the problem.
also, here are the version numbers for each sql server: mysql Ver 12.22 Distrib 4.0.22, for portbld-freebsd4.9 (i386) mysql.exe Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.24, for Win32 (ia32) the query even runs fine on a related bsd machine with mysql 5, so the problem is quite certain to be mysql 4. hope someone can help! -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
