Thanks guys, works a treat. Yip, it was the Alias thing... interesting. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Baklund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "asherh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 2:39 PM Subject: RE: Query Problem...
> * asherh > > An example of the record output I was after is... > > > > ProjectID ProjectOwner ProjectManager > > A12345 Bob Smith John Smith > > > > from tables: > > > > User - > > UserId FullName > > 1 Bob Smith > > 2 John Smith > > > > Project - > > ProjectId ProjectOwner ProjectManager > > A12345 1 2 > > > > I have tried all sorts of joins and statements without much > > success... I can > > obtain one name or both names if they are the same... but not different > > names together in the one record. > > > > Can you possibly provide an example of the specific joins you are talking > > about. I think I must be missing something fundamental here. > > You don't show your failing joins, but my guess is you are missing aliases, > which are needed when joining the same table multiple times: > > SELECT ProjectId,owner.FullName,manager.FullName > FROM Project > LEFT JOIN User AS owner ON > owner.UserId = Project.ProjectOwnerID > LEFT JOIN User AS manager ON > manager.UserId = Project.ProjectManagerID > WHERE > ProjectId = 'A12345'; > > -- > Roger > query > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
