Re: MI-L SQL query using three tables

2001-11-15 Thread Laurence Seeff
Hi, Thought to just comment on the "don't know how you'd join all three = tables within a single SQL". Joining 3 tables in a single SQL proves to be powerful, time saving and = does not clutter your disk with unecessary temporary files. The way to = do this requires a syntax rule which I will

RE: MI-L SQL query using three tables

2001-11-14 Thread Simon O'Keefe
Hi Jacqui, I don't know how you'd join all three tables within a single SQL, but the following query should help calculating the overlap without doing the cookie-cutter thing. You'll just have to run it twice - once for hard veg and once for soft. set area units "hectare" select

MI-L SQL query using three tables

2001-11-14 Thread Chichester Harbour Conservancy
Dear List I have two tables, each consisting of several thousand polygons - one of "hard" intertidal vegetation and the other of "soft" intertidal vegetation and sediments. I have another table of bird count zones. I would like to know if it is possible to use SQL to find out the precise hecta