If you have that much data why not create a view for each one then a view to pull them together? That cut down on confusion.
On 11/8/05, Les Mizzell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:4:223648 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
