Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!novia!newspump.sol.net!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Lew" Subject: Re: Joining(?) question Message-ID: X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.databases Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.databases In-Reply-To: <1fe245d6-3222-4bfb-b2b2-bf16bdc98924@64g2000hsu.googlegroups.com> References: <1fe245d6-3222-4bfb-b2b2-bf16bdc98924@64g2000hsu.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 25 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:23:05 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303917785 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:23:05 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:23:05 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.databases:326 To: comp.lang.java.databases mdR wrote: > SELECT BM.PARENT, BM.ITEM, IM.DESC > FROM BM > JOIN IM ON IM.ITEM = BM.ITEM > WHERE BM.PARENT = 1; Different RDBMSes vary wrt JOIN syntax. But RGB's version should have worked, too. Some allow SELECT BM.PARENT, BM.ITEM, IM.DESC FROM BM JOIN IM WHERE BM.PARENT = 1; if there's a FK on the ITEM column to the other table. -- Lew --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24