Don't join them, there is no reason to in this case. Use 2 queries. Pascal
> -----Original Message----- > From: Stuart Kidd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 November 2004 19:22 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: When two tables go to war (JOIN) > > Hi guys, > > I've got two tables: > > 1 is full of articles (articleID, articleName, articleBody, authorID) > 2 is full of authors (authorID, authorFirstName, authorSurname) > > I would like to join them. > > <cfquery name="showArticle" datasource="user020"> > SELECT * > FROM Articles > WHERE articleID = '#url.updateID# > </cfquery> > > And > > <cfquery name="getAuthor" datasource="user020"> > SELECT authorID, authorFirstName, authorSurname > FROM Authors > </cfquery> > > Could somebody please explain how to join them so I only retrieve certain > articles (where articleID = #url.updateID#) but get all the Authors (as I > want to populate a list whereby the user can select who is the author of > this particular article). > > Thanks very much guys, > > Saturday > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:183780 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
