Thanks Jim... that was the ticket..... I always forget about the left/right joins !
Tim -----Original Message----- From: Jim Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:41 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: null query prob You are doing a cfif on the table sl_applicant...which is not a variable defined in the ColdFusion context...that is part of your query....if you want to pull back all records, whether or not sl_applicant.state_hm is NULL, do a left join... SELECT sl_applicant.*, states.* FROM sl_applicant LEFT JOIN states ON states.state_id=sl_applicant.state_hm On 3/1/06, Tim Laureska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I run this query I get sl_applicant is UNDEFINED. could someone > enlighten me :-) > > > > <cfquery datasource="#datasource#" name="appl_info"> > > SELECT sl_applicant.*, states.* > > FROM sl_applicant > > <cfif sl_applicant.state_hm IS NOT NULL>INNER > JOIN states ON states.state_id=sl_applicant.state_hm</cfif> > > </cfquery> > > > > thanks > > Tim > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233759 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
