Peter, If you would like to get such resultset
> name field1 field2 field3 field4 field5 field6 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > test 1 2 5 6 9 10 > test 1 2 5 6 11 12 > test2 3 4 NULL NULL 15 16 then you need to use left join for t2, but based only on these information I couldn't help you to implement this query (I don't know how to group by rows). Please, give more information about why do you need exactly this resultset. Best regards, Mikhail. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Stöcker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 11:03 AM Subject: JOIN-Question > Hi there! > > I have a question on JOINs. > > First the system: > > table1: name: t1 > entries: name field1 field2 > ------------------------ > test 1 2 > test2 3 4 > > table2: name t2 > entries: name field3 field4 > ------------------------ > test 5 6 > test 7 8 > > table3: name t3 > entries: name field5 field6 > ------------------------ > test 9 10 > test 11 12 > test2 13 14 > test2 15 16 > > And here the problem: > > with the query > > SELECT a.*, b.*, c.* FROM t1 a INNER JOIN t2 b USING(name) INNER JOIN t3 c USING(name) WHERE b.field3=7 OR c.field6=16; > > I only get 1 entry with name="test". > > By using LEFT JOIN I only get name="test" either. For sure, because in table2 there is no test2 entry. > > The only 2 ways I know to get also test2: > 1. "INSERT INTO t2 VALUES("test2",NULL,NULL)" > 2. temporary table > > But I don't want to have such dummy entries or a temporary table. Does anybody know what I have to do to with: > > SELECT a.*,b.*,c.* FROM ?????? WHERE b.field3=5 OR c.field6=16 > > > the result: > > > name field1 field2 field3 field4 field5 field6 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > test 1 2 5 6 9 10 > test 1 2 5 6 11 12 > test2 3 4 NULL NULL 15 16 > > > I hope that someone can help me! > > Thank a lot, > Peter > ____________________________________________________________________________ __ > WEB.DE MyPage - Ultimatives Kommunikationstool! Ihre Message sofort > online! Domain aenderbar! http://www.das.ist.aber.ne.lustige.sache.ms/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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