I'll work with this tomorrow and let you know what happens. In the "real" query, there's another 4 tables that data has to be filtered by and selected from! It gets pretty wild looking..
Thanks for taking time to look at this... > Thinking about that some more, the outer select should be unneeded. > Just move the ORDER BY to the first subquery and you should be good to > go. And add the missing FROM shows clause that I completely forgot. > > select showId, showTitle ( > select avg(rating) > from airdates > where showId = shows.showId > ) as avgRating > from shows > order by avgRating > > which, aside from formatting differences, is exactly what John > proposed yesterday. Note to self: never try and think code while > doing drywall. ;) > > cheers, > barneyb > > On 11/8/05, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>This is untested, but should work: >> >>select * >>from ( >> select shows.showId, shows.showTitle, ( >> select avg(rating) >> from airdates >> where showId = shows.showId >> ) as avgRating >>) t >>order by avgRating >> >>cheers, >>barneyb >> > > > > -- > Barney Boisvert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 360.319.6145 > http://www.barneyb.com/ > > Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:223647 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
