Re: more help with SELECT statement

[Bob Hall <rjhalljr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi,
>
>
> A few days ago, I asked the list about a SELECT statement. I 
> received 2 replies that didn't really work but helped me think about 
> the problem some more. In my database I have 4 tables. For this one 
> query, I am matching up data from 3 of these tables and then 
> displaying them on a website.
>
> Here is the query:
>
> SELECT request.id, request.date, request.type, request.status,
> faculty.f_name, faculty.l_name, action.id, faculty.id FROM faculty, 
> request LEFT JOIN action ON request.id=action.request_id WHERE 
> request.requested_by=faculty.id;
>
> and here is the output created by a php script with data from the above query:
>
> http://www.geology.ohio-state.edu/test/rfatest/rfadisplay.php
>
>
> I know it looks ok, but I am not quite sure the SELECT statement is 
> doing what I want it to. I want the query to match up all the 
> requests(request) with the person who requested them(faculty) and 
> then match up all the requests to any actions that our staff might 
> have performed on them (action). However, if no actions were 
> performed yet, I still need those requests displayed. So basically I 
> am matching up one table with two other tables.
>
> So if any one can examine the above SELECT statement, and let me 
> know if it does/doesn't look ok, then that would be great.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris

Looks good from my porch.

Bob Hall

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