* DL Neil
[About Christian's problem with joining language specific info.]
> MIN( FIELD( language, 'no', 'en', 'fr', 'sv' ) )
>
Hi,
I have a similar problem, and have found a workaround that may be useful for
you, Christian. Use an extra left join to find the records you don't want...
# create test tables
create table msg_main (mid int not null,name char(16),primary key(mid));
create table msg_lang (mid int not null,lang char(2) not null,message
text,primary key(mid,lang));
# insert test data
insert into msg_main values (1,'welcome'),(2,'goodbye');
insert into msg_lang values
(1,'en','Welcome to this test'),
(1,'se','V�lkommen till denna test'),
(1,'no','Velkommen til denne testen');
insert into msg_lang values
(2,'se','Hejd�'),
(2,'no','Adj�');
# select best choice, order of preferred language is: 'en','se','no'
select msg_lang.message
from msg_main
left join msg_lang on
msg_lang.mid=msg_main.mid
left join msg_lang as unwanted on
unwanted.mid=msg_main.mid and
field(unwanted.lang,'en','se','no') <
field(msg_lang.lang,'en','se','no')
where name in ('welcome','goodbye') and isnull(unwanted.mid);
I think this will solve your problem. My problem is that I need to do _many_
of these in the same query, and it gets very complex... does anyone know of
an easier way to do this kind of 'dynamic join'?
Roger Baklund,
Mobiliant AS
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