I don't Mysql very well, but I would be very surprised if that was supported, based on my experience with Oracle. You need to distinguish between data and database object names. You can use derived_tables to return data, but niot names.
You can't do " select * from 'table'", because 'table' is a string, not an object name, your subquery is returning 'table'. You need to use dynamic sql for that sort of thing. > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn McGinn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 July 2003 18:02 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: derived tables > > > I would like to select data from a table where the table name > is located > in another table, and I am using the following query: > > select t1.* from (select tbl_name from user_table where > user="guy") t1; > > This should return the data from table 'tbl_name', but I only get > results from the subquery (ie. the query as a whole returns > 'tbl_name', > not it's contents) Where am I going wrong? > > I am using version 4.1.0-alpha-standard. > > Shawn > > > -- > Shawn McGinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > UNB > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
