Whilst trying to figure out why one of my queries wasn't working I ran into the following phenomenon which I'd be grateful if someone could explain.
(I'm running mySQL 4.0.17 on a win2003 server, querying using the 0.9.4 mysql control center) The following query returns the expected result SELECT distinct(PO.error_type) AS error_type, COUNT(PO.error_type) AS occurrence FROM problematic_odds AS PO WHERE NOT (PO.error_type = 100) GROUP BY PO.error_type it returns 1008 ,212 for error_type and occurrence respectively. When I change the query to SELECT distinct(PO.error_type) AS error_type, COUNT(PO.error_type) AS occurrence FROM problematic_odds AS PO, active_odds AS AO WHERE NOT (PO.error_type = 100) GROUP BY PO.error_type the query executes BUT doesn't return anything at all. I can't quite figure out why. The only difference between the two queries is that the second one has "active_odds AS AO" added to the FROM clause. Even though I don't use AO at all in the query the results still differ. Anyone have an explanation ? Having a superflous table in the WHERE clause shouldn't affect the query outcome should it ? //Linus Nikander - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]