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Never mind, i got it. I did some stupid stuff, but figured it out. Here's the working query: SELECT title, authorName, journalName, journalPages, aname, tname, avg(ranking) FROM publications LEFT OUTER JOIN ranking ON (publications.pubID = ranking.pubID), area, topic, pubTopicInt WHERE publications.areaID = area.areaID AND publications.pubID = pubTopicInt.pubID AND topic.topicID = pubTopicInt.topicID AND publications.pubID = 7 GROUP BY (publications.pubID); Thanks for your patience. Desmond >From: "Desmond Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: help with syntax of left outer join >Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:34:06 -0700 > >Hi there > > >I want to do a left outer join but i also have a bunch of where conditions >in my sql statment that i need. Can anyone help me out: > > SELECT title, authorName, journalName, journalPages, aname, tname, >avg(ranking) > FROM publications, area, topic, pubTopicInt, > LEFT OUTER JOIN ranking publications.pubID = ranking.pubID > WHERE publications.areaID = area.areaID > AND > publications.pubID = pubTopicInt.pubID > AND > topic.topicID = pubTopicInt.topicID > AND > publications.pubID = ranking.pubID > AND > publications.pubID = 3 > GROUP BY (publications.pubID); > >I look at the mysql documentation, but i couldn't really understand their >examples when they had additional where cluases. > >THanks > > >Desmond > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > >To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, e-mail ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php