On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: > Hi. > > On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 12:43:25PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [...] > > I am trying the below sql statement: > > select na.id as naid, na.nid, na.date from newsarticles na, newscodes nc > > where na.nid=nc.id and na.nid=1 or na.nid=3 or na.nid=9 order by na.date; > > This is aquivalent of > > SELECT na.id as naid, na.nid, na.date > FROM newsarticles na, newscodes nc > WHERE ((na.nid=nc.id AND na.nid=1) OR na.nid=3) OR na.nid=9 > ORDER BY na.date; > > whereas you probably meant > > WHERE na.nid=nc.id AND (na.nid=1 OR na.nid=3 OR na.nid=9) > > which also can be written as > > WHERE na.nid=nc.id AND na.nid IN (1, 3, 9)
Interesting. I never knew that I could you this sql statement. BTW, I I used left join and it works now. Thanks Adrian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
