On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 19:48:44 -0600 "Daniel Isenhower" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is my first email to the list, so be nice ;-) Welcome, this is a very helpful list... > I'm having some difficulty with a subquery that I'm trying to do, > and was wondering if anyone here can shed some light on the issue... First off, I assume you are using a version of mysql able to handle sub-queries. 4.1 or 5.0 (4.0.xx does NOT support sub-queries) > This query returns a result as expected: > SELECT id FROM client_list WHERE name="Some Company" > (the id returned here is 3) > > This query also returns a result as expected: > SELECT id FROM work WHERE client_id='3' ORDER BY id DESC; > > Does anyone know why this one doesn't return any results? > SELECT id FROM work WHERE client_id='(SELECT id FROM client_list > WHERE name="Some Company")' ORDER BY id DESC; Don't use quotes, it's looking for a client_id that is literally the stuff inside your quotes. I'm guessing that'll never be the case. :) Try: SELECT id FROM work WHERE client_id = (SELECT id FROM client_list WHERE name="Some Company") ORDER BY id DESC; FWIW, this is an easy query with a JOIN: SELECT id FROM work w INNER JOIN client_list cl ON cl.id = w.client_id WHERE cl.name = 'Some Company'; Just in case you are using mysql 4.0 or earlier... Josh -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
