Depending on which version of mysql you are using you could use Union http://www.mysql.com/doc/U/N/UNION.html
or you could use a Merge table http://www.mysql.com/doc/M/E/MERGE.html another option would be to place the results of both queries into a temporary table and query that. -----Original Message----- From: Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 11:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: joining 2 identical tables hi, i'm working on a project for managing used motorcycles. for security reasons i setup two identical tables. both with the same attributes. ID,UNIID,Manufacurer... one of the tables is named "Com" and the other "Prv". till now i used to search either "Com" or "Prv". but i want to look for a match in both of them and listing the result. i have tried anything i knew, but without luck. please can anyone tell me, how the SQL Statment must look like to get such an output? ------------------------------------- Com ------------------------------------- ID | UNIID | Manufacturer | ------------------------------------- 1 | 12D2 | Yamaha | 2 | 21E3 | test | ------------------------------------- Prv ------------------------------------- ID | UNIID | Manufacturer | ------------------------------------- 1 | 43I2 | Kawasaki | 2 | 68U2 | Something | ------------------------------------- output ???? ------------------------------------- ID | UNIID | Manufacturer | ------------------------------------- 1 | 43I2 | Kawasaki | 2 | 68U2 | Something | 1 | 12D2 | Yamaha | 2 | 21E3 | test | (Data of ID's equals, UNIID's are different, Manufacturer's are different.) many thanx in advance yours christian --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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