Michael Beaucourt wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if it is possible to perform an inner select in MySQL.
> I have a database called EMP and when i enter the following query, I
> keep getting error 1064:
>
> select ename,deptno from emp where deptno in (select deptno from emp
> where ename = 'SCOTT')
>
> The error message reads as follows:
> ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'select deptno
> from emp where ename='scott')' at line 1
You can achieve it by writing this query in the following way:
select a.ename,a.deptno from emp a,emp b where a.deptno=b.deptno and
b.ename='SCOTT';
MySQL doesn't support subselects;
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