Scott Frankel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Here's my query: > SELECT ( > u.color_id = ( > SELECT c.color_name > FROM colors c > WHERE color_id = 1)) AS color_name, > u.name, u.the_date > FROM users u > WHERE u.color_id = 1 > ORDER BY u.the_date DESC LIMIT 1;
I think you want SELECT (SELECT c.color_name FROM colors c WHERE color_id = u.color_id) AS color_name, u.name, u.the_date FROM users u WHERE u.color_id = 1 ORDER BY u.the_date DESC LIMIT 1; The sub-select can refer to a variable of the outer query, as long as you are careful to qualify it so it can't be mistaken for a variable of the sub-select itself. You could also express this query as a join. If you are pulling a whole lot of users rows, the join way would probably be more efficient. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])