Re: OT: Left Join Question

2005-12-14 Thread netsql
That is just a simple outer join, then. "*=" Don't work in iBatis, work in a sql query tool and hard code values until you get what you want. Also long term, "SQL for Smarties" (as opposed to Dummies) is a good book. .V Zoran Avtarovski wrote: What I need is to retrieve a left join of a

Re: OT: Left Join Question

2005-12-14 Thread Zoran Avtarovski
Sorry Vic, I'm not sure I understand. I tried SELECT list_item.value, list_item.label, m2m.trans_id FROM list_item, m2m WHERE list_item.list_type IN (?) UNION SELECT list_item.value, list_item.label, m2m.trans_id FROM list_item LEFT JOIN m2m ON (m2m.response_id = list_item.value AND m2m.trans_id

Re: OT: Left Join Question

2005-12-14 Thread netsql
I now have the need to store multiple list types in the list_item table where x in (a, b, c) and have to add a list_type column to the list_item table. select union select .V

OT: Left Join Question

2005-12-13 Thread Zoran Avtarovski
I've come across a stumbling point in my web app. I used a left join in a previous app to get a list of items used to populate a set of check box items and to see if they were checked. eg SELECT list_item.value, list_item.label, m2m.trans_id FROM list_item LEFT_JOIN m2m ON (m2m.response_id = list