Keith, > I have the below query that returns the correct records but the > POINTFUND.description field is all NULL while it has values in the table. > Any idea why? Thanks. > > SELECT > > RACES.RACE_ID, > RACES.sequence, > TYPES.typelong, > SCHEDULE.event, > SCHEDULE.date, > PARTY.lname, > POINTFUND.description > > FROM > > TYPES LEFT JOIN RACES ON RACES.TYPE_ID = TYPES.TYPE_ID > LEFT JOIN POINTFUND ON POINTFUND.TYPE_ID = TYPES.TYPE_ID, > SCHEDULE, > PARTY > > WHERE > > RACES.SCHEDULE_ID = SCHEDULE.SCHEDULE_ID AND > PARTY.PARTY_ID = SCHEDULE.TRACK_ID > > ORDER BY > > SCHEDULE.date, PARTY.lname
Obviously the syntax of the SQL command is ok, else the RDBMS would have told you. The answer may lie in the definitions of the races, types, and pointfund tables; or in the data contained in the join-ing fields (neither of which are shown here). Two suggestions: 1 simplify the query to deal with pointfund and one other first, then add another tbl/join, etc, until you have rebuilt the entire query - your formatting is 'clean' and allows the insertion of # comment symbols at the beginning of lines to remove/return then easily (and without loads of typing/retyping) 2 have you tried running EXPLAIN to see what MySQL thinks of it all? Let us know how you get on! =dn --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
