"Jason Tesser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > MySQL cannot even handle sub-queries yet.
Ohh! Really? Allow me to pay my highest respect to the genius mySQL programmers! I completely have no clue on how to construct any single tiny database on a DBMS having no sub-query capability. Being too dumb, I solicit mySQL programmers' help by showing me employee FOO's birthday and his/her latest job title effective on or before 2003-1-1 from the following tables: CREATE TABLE t1 (employee TEXT,BirthDay DATE); CREATE TABLE t2 (employee TEXT,EffectiveDate DATE,JobTitle TEXT); And make the result like this: FOO 1980-1-1 programmer Please do not give me the answer that you will merge these two tables to form one like this: CREATE TABLE t1 (employee TEXT,BirthDay DATE,EffectiveDate DATE,JobTitle TEXT); Regards, CN ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend