Kris, Is
...LIKE '%[img]' + i.image_name + '[/img]%' what you're looking for? PB ----- Original Message ----- From: Kris Burford To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 7:03 AM Subject: query reference help hi i'm having problems trying to write a query that returns a list of images and the stories (if any) that they're associated with. in this case, the story references the image embedded into the story body text in the format [img]myimage.jpg[/img] SELECT i.id, i.image_name, i.image_width, i.image_height, s.id as story_id, s.title FROM images i LEFT JOIN stories s ON s.body like '[img]' + i.image_name + '[/img]' WHERE i.image_name like '%$search%' ORDER by i.image_name this returns the appropriate images, but doesn't pick up any associated stories (which i *know* exist). i'm guessing that it's something to do with the ON clause, but i don't understand what's wrong. many thanks kris -- kris burford midtempo ltd http://www.midtempo.net -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
