RE: or operator in WHERE statement

2005-07-20 Thread Roberto Perez
On 07/19/2005 10:12 PM Mathew Walker wrote: I'd go with a UNION. The reason a union is useful is that you want B.content and C.content to appear as the same column in your record set, which is what a union does well. Thanks for your answer. I tried the UNION and it did what I wanted (it pulled

RE: or operator in WHERE statement

2005-07-20 Thread Matthew Walker
This (http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-1138891.php) seems to suggest that UNION ALL might be your answer. -Original Message- From: Roberto Perez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 21 July 2005 6:58 a.m. To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: or operator in WHERE statement On 07/19/2005

RE: or operator in WHERE statement

2005-07-20 Thread Roberto Perez
Matthew Walker wrote: This (http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-1138891.php) seems to suggest that UNION ALL might be your answer. Thanks, that worked. The full field is displayed now. The ALL parameter would show repeated records, but since in my case both tables are mutually exclusive

RE: or operator in WHERE statement

2005-07-20 Thread Matthew Walker
You're using Access right? CASE is not supported. You can use iif() though -- syntax is pretty much the same as in CF. -Original Message- From: Roberto Perez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:31 a.m. To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: or operator in WHERE statement Taco

RE: or operator in WHERE statement

2005-07-19 Thread Taco
It would be something like SELECT CASE A.status WHEN B.status THEN B.status WHEN C.status THEN C.status FROM yourTable I think that's what you are after. Taco Fleur - E-commerce Development Manager Shelco Searches Services An Authorised ASIC Information Broker

Re: or operator in WHERE statement

2005-07-19 Thread Barney Boisvert
Are you table-scoping the column in your SELECT clause? Perhaps you could post the whole SQL statement? cheers, barneyb On 7/19/05, Roberto Perez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Quick question: is OR a valid operator in a WHERE statement? I have a main table A with a 'status' field

Re: or operator in WHERE statement

2005-07-19 Thread Roberto Perez
At 04:25 PM 7/19/2005, you wrote: Are you table-scoping the column in your SELECT clause? Perhaps you could post the whole SQL statement? Mmmm...not sure I'm familiar with table scoping... (maybe you could elaborate on that) The SQL itself is straightforward, it is just 3 fields in 3

RE: or operator in WHERE statement

2005-07-19 Thread Matthew Walker
I'd go with a UNION. The reason a union is useful is that you want B.content and C.content to appear as the same column in your record set, which is what a union does well. Note that with unions, the order you list the columns and the number of columns is critical. Also only add one ORDBER BY