RE: self relation query help

2002-10-28 Thread Franklin Williams Jr.
This is probably going more into db design than pure mysql issues...on the other hand if performance is at stake with these different designs. After several inputs - which I am EXTREMELY thankful for - here are some of my thoughts. The solution using Joseph's table aliases works beautifully. Wi

self relation query help

2002-10-26 Thread Franklin Williams Jr.
I have a table with names in it where the names can function as 1 of 2 things - either an artist or a group. In order to make searching easy I wished to keep these names in one table. EG: searching for artist name, whether a group or soloist you would have to search only one table. The problem aris