I think you meant: select profile.name from profile,attribute where ( profile.id = attribute.containerId) and ( profile.state =' 1020811' or ( attribute.name = 'marketsegment' and attribute.value = '1020704');
> select profile.name from profile,attribute where > ((profile.state='1020811') or ((attribute.name='marketsegment') and > (attribute.value='1020704') and (profile.id=attribute.containerId))); > > Why doesn't this last query return just one row? > > TIA > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster