JOIN is what you need.
http://www.mysql.com/doc/J/O/JOIN.html
Some examples:
mysql> SELECT * FROM table1,table2 WHERE table1.id=table2.id;
mysql> SELECT * FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 ON table1.id=table2.id;
mysql> SELECT * FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 USING (id);
mysql> SELECT * FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 ON table1.id=table2.id
-> LEFT JOIN table3 ON table2.id=table3.id;
mysql> SELECT * FROM table1 USE INDEX (key1,key2)
-> WHERE key1=1 AND key2=2 AND key3=3;
mysql> SELECT * FROM table1 IGNORE INDEX (key3)
-> WHERE key1=1 AND key2=2 AND key3=3;
Mike
T.Thiessens wrote:
> Well..complex..for me at least!
>
> I have a table containing story's
> All storys have one unique `storyID`
> I have another table where I keep track of user's favorite story's.
> This table has two columns `clientID`and `storyID`
> after a while, you could end up having the following rows in favorite
> documents
> `clientID` `storyID`
> 1 5
> 1 19
> 1 6
> 1 2
> 2 3
> 2 19
> 3 88
> f.e. if you select from the `library' story 19, you get the content, the
> author, the date etc...
> if you select from clients, client 2, you'll get all the client's
> information.
>
> But!!
> I want to select all the story's from favorite documents where `clientID` =
> 1;
> In this, I get the content, the author, etc..etc from storyID 5, 19, 6 and 2
> (the above example)
> Do you understand all this? Or is it big blurry thing?
>
> I could send you print out's from my database...
>
> Thank in advance!!!
>
> Thijs Thiessens
> (mySQL is gooood!!)
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