RE: unable to get not exists left join to work--please help

2002-01-13 Thread Roger Baklund
* Roleigh Martin > -> from words w, events e, LEFT JOIN events e2 on ( e.url_id = Try removing a comma: from words w, events e LEFT JOIN events e2 on ( e.url_id = The comma is actually a 'synonym' for 'INNER JOIN', the statement fraction above is the same as: from words w INNER JOIN e

RE: unable to get not exists left join to work--please help

2002-01-13 Thread Roger Baklund
* Roleigh Martin > mysql> insert h2 > -> select h1.word, ' ', 0 > -> from h1 left join h2 ah2 on h1.word = ah2.word > -> where ah2.word is NULL; > ERROR 1093: INSERT TABLE 'h2' isn't allowed in FROM table list You can not select from the table you are inserting to. Use a temporary

Re: unable to get not exists left join to work--please help

2002-01-13 Thread Roleigh Martin
I am able to get what I want with one workaround but am unable to insert the selected data into the target table - note below: mysql> select h1.word, ' ', 0 -> from h1 left join h2 ah2 on h1.word = ah2.word -> where ah2.word is NULL; +---+---+---+ | word