Jeff, > What i want to do seems simple, but i can not for the life of me figure out > how to do it. > Tables: These tables are not related in any way. > > A > -- > 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > > B > -- > 1,Bob > 3,Jack > 7,Janet > 8,Gary > 9,Kelly > > I would like to combine tables A and B with a SELECT statement to get this: > > SELECT > ------ > 1,1,Bob > 2,3,Jack > 3,7,Janet > 4,8,Gary > 5,9,Kelly > > So basically i want to join two tables, but i dont have anything to match > on...Basically, i am trying to take a column from one table and add it to > another table for a SELECT statement. I am not sure if JOIN is even what i > am looking for here. To do this, i am assuming both tables have the exact > same number of records. > Any ideas on how i can do this?
SQL tables are treated as sets. Establishing a relationship between two tables requires a set operation. Thus a join must be carried out on some relationship between the row-contents of the tables (your term: "match"). The sole exception to this is a "cartesian product" which joins every row in each table to every row in the other table (not what you wanted). There is no relationship, explicit or implied, which will sequence two tables side-by-side (AFAIK). You could accomplish this using a scripting/programming language to merge the table-rows having separately read the two tables according to the defined sequence(s)! Sorry, =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
