Baron Schwartz schrieb: > SELECT parent.bookmark_url as pbu, parent.bookmark_keyword as pbk > FROM bookmarks AS child > JOIN bookmarks AS parent > ON parent.bookmark_keyword = child.bookmark_keyword > WHERE child.bookmark_url='http://www.redhat.com'; > > [..]
no, you didn't, you just switched the names ... :-/ but from his original point of view the row with the given URL was his parent and he wants to have all childs (identified by the same keywords) - now you have just switched the names - making the childs his parents and the parents his childs - this is confusing just tell him: first the table which 'filters': FROM parent WHERE ... than the table he wants to select from: SELECT ... FROM child and now join them on the identifying field: SELECT child.... FROM parent JOIN child USING (keyword) WHERE parent... -- Sebastian -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
