RE: Advanced SELECT Syntax Help Needed!

2004-11-06 Thread Monique
anced SELECT Syntax Help Needed! On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:49:29 -0500, Rhino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure why you want to use a subquery; if MySQL is anything like DB2, > a join usually performs better than a subquery and the optimizer converts a > subquery to

Re: Advanced SELECT Syntax Help Needed!

2004-11-06 Thread Frederic Wenzel
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:49:29 -0500, Rhino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure why you want to use a subquery; if MySQL is anything like DB2, > a join usually performs better than a subquery and the optimizer converts a > subquery to a join ("under the covers") whenever it can anyway. Therefore

Re: Advanced SELECT Syntax Help Needed!

2004-11-05 Thread Rhino
05, 2004 4:59 PM Subject: Advanced SELECT Syntax Help Needed! Hi! I would love some help with my syntax (or another strategy). I keep bombing. I've simplified it. Here is the deal: Three files: Main: id, name Links1: id, linkname1 (a record may or may not exist for each record in Main)

Advanced SELECT Syntax Help Needed!

2004-11-05 Thread Monique
Hi! I would love some help with my syntax (or another strategy). I keep bombing. I've simplified it. Here is the deal: Three files: Main: id, name Links1: id, linkname1 (a record may or may not exist for each record in Main) Links2: id, linkname2 (a record may or may not exist for each re