Re: Query Complexity Limit Question [Newbie Question]

2006-02-07 Thread James Harvard
At 3:46 pm + 7/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Yes, you can do multi-way joins, and people often do. My biggest is 3-way, but >some people do at least 5-way. My record is and 8-way join (7 tables, one twice). So there! ;-) >Beware that it is easy to specify operations which will heavily load

Re: Query Complexity Limit Question [Newbie Question]

2006-02-07 Thread David T. Ashley
On Tue, February 7, 2006 10:46 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "David T. Ashley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/02/2006 14:03:04: > >> a)Will MySQL allow joins that involve more than two tables (in my case, >> perhaps as many as 5)? >> >> b)Can limits on a key field be included in the join in the s

Re: Query Complexity Limit Question [Newbie Question]

2006-02-07 Thread Alec . Cawley
"David T. Ashley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/02/2006 14:03:04: > Hi, > > I have several tables linked in various ways so that an inner join is > possible. However, at the same time and in the same SQL query, I'd also > like to query by some field values in one of the tables. > > Two quick

Re: Query Complexity Limit Question [Newbie Question]

2006-02-07 Thread nigel wood
David T. Ashley wrote: Hi, I have several tables linked in various ways so that an inner join is possible. However, at the same time and in the same SQL query, I'd also like to query by some field values in one of the tables. Two quick questions: a)Will MySQL allow joins that involve more th

Query Complexity Limit Question [Newbie Question]

2006-02-07 Thread David T. Ashley
Hi, I have several tables linked in various ways so that an inner join is possible. However, at the same time and in the same SQL query, I'd also like to query by some field values in one of the tables. Two quick questions: a)Will MySQL allow joins that involve more than two tables (in my case,