RE: Is it possible to use an "optional field"?

2001-03-28 Thread Roy Nasser
sser; 'nigel wood'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Is it possible to use an "optional field"? > > > Your query converted to using left joins: > SELECT DISTINCT Questions.QuestionID, Questions.Question, > Experts.ExpertFullName, Category.CategoryName, Q

Re: Is it possible to use an "optional field"?

2001-03-28 Thread Eric Fitzgerald
> To: "'nigel wood'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:18 PM Subject: RE: Is it possible to use an "optional field"? > I took a look at the manual, but I am a bit unsure of how this would be done > in

Re: Is it possible to use an "optional field"?

2001-03-28 Thread btjones
Assuming that there is a one-to-one relationship between the tables on the FunctionID (meaning there is only one entry in Functions for each FunctionID), then... SELECT Names.NameID, Names.Name, Names.FunctionID, Functions.FunctionName FROM Names LEFT JOIN Functions ON (Names.FunctionID=Function

RE: Is it possible to use an "optional field"?

2001-03-28 Thread Roy Nasser
-Original Message- > From: nigel wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 8:16 PM > To: Roy Nasser > Subject: Re: Is it possible to use an "optional field"? > > > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, you wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I ha

Is it possible to use an "optional field"?

2001-03-28 Thread Roy Nasser
Hi, I have two joined tables (three actually, but for an example, 2 is OK)... example: Names / Function Then in names I have NameID, Name, and FunctionID, and in Function table, I havce FunctionID, and FunctionName... therefore, I need to find the Function Name of a Person, through their name