I've used access primarily before this... I always thought since the select statement was only requesting data from the members table, then that would be the only data pulled (ie. 1 record that matched ) ... apparently not so... but I'm surprised I've never run into this before -
The query you offered below also pulls 4 records -----Original Message----- From: Justin D. Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 3:36 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: nuts & bolts query ? > I must be losing it... Your first query is returning four rows because there are four matching results from the member_categories table, so it is returning m.company for each one of those. If you only want it to return one record from members no matter how many are in member_categories, you need to use a LEFT JOIN instead of joining by the WHERE clause. SELECT m.company FROM members m LEFT JOIN member_categories d ON m.member_id = d.member_id WHERE m.member_id = #session.member_id# Syntax may be a little off, been a while since I wrote a join off the top of my head. -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:206788 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
