On 02/09/2010 8:30 p, Hank wrote:
>>
>> Simple question about views:
>>
>>
> Hank,
> Have you tried "running away from the problem :-)" by doing...
>
> CREATE PROCEDURE `combo`(theid INT)
> BEGIN
>        (SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE id = theid)
>        UNION
>        (SELECT * FROM table2 WHERE id = theid);
>    END$$
>
> then calling it using
>
> call combo(value);
>

Wow - thanks. This works perfectly.   I'm assuming I can use "call
combo(value)" in PHP and it returns the result set as if it were a
proper table?

-Hank

-- 
MySQL General Mailing List
For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
To unsubscribe:    http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org

Reply via email to