On 11 Jul 2002, at 17:41, Witness wrote: > SELECT DISTINCT affiliates.id, DISTINCT > sales.client_id,SUM(sales.client_id) > FROM affiliates,clients,sales > WHERE affiliates.id = clients.affiliate_id AND sales.client_id = > clients.id;
I don't think that's what Daren wanted. For one thing, I doubt it's meaningful to sum client IDs. Maybe something more like this: SELECT a.id as affiliate_id, COUNT(s.id) as sales_count FROM affiliates a LEFT JOIN clients c ON a.id = c.affiliate_id LEFT JOIN sales s ON c.id = s.client_id GROUP BY a.id; [Filter fodder: SQL] -- Keith C. Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tobacco Documents Online http://tobaccodocuments.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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