Try this SELECT DISTINCT t1.user, 'true/false' = CASE WHEN (t2.user IS NULL ) THEN 1 ELSE 2 END FROM tableOne AS t1 LEFT OUTER JOIN tableTwo AS t2 ON t1.user = t2.user
-----Original Message----- From: Debusal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: any help with select query?? I have table one and table two I want to show all records from table one but also check if in table two is record that are in table one so if this is ture then bla=1 if false then bla=2 is it possible? query-"select tableone.user,tabletwo.user from tableone,tabletwo tableone.user=tabletwo.user" it will only show records if I have same users in these tables but I need to show everyone from table one if in tableone user match with tabletwo then blabla=1 and so on ?? any hint -- 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]
