paul, it's my understanding that the *= syntax is legacy syntax; i believe you'll want ansi syntax to effect compatibility with a most dbms's:
SELECT h.id, h.header, l.link, l.link_title FROM headers h LEFT JOIN links l ON h.id = l.headerid ~ dina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Giesenhagen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: Re: SQL Question > Adam, > > Is the *= universal syntax (MS SQL, Access, Oracle, MySQL ect..?) > > Thanks that is working beautifully! > > Paul Giesenhagen > QuillDesign > http://www.quilldesign.com > SiteDirector Commerce Builder > > > > > SELECT h.id, h.header, l.link, l.link_title > > FROM headers h, links l > > WHERE h.id *= l.headerid > > > > //notice the star on the left side of the = in the condition > > > > > > Adam. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Paul Giesenhagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:04 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: OT:SQL Question > > > > > > > > > I have two tables I am trying to join, one is a header and > > > one is the links > > > under that header. > > > > > > header table: > > > id, header > > > > > > links table > > > id, headerid, link, link_title > > > > > > I am writing a join query to pull up all the headers and the > > > links that go > > > with a particular header, but I if there are no links > > > associated with the > > > header, it won't display anything. I want it to show the > > > headers with 0 > > > links or with 100 links associated. > > > > > > > > > Query is: > > > > > > <cfquery datasource="#prefs.dsn#" name="header"> > > > select h.id, h.header, l.link, l.link_title > > > from headers h, links l > > > where f.sub_object = l.headerid > > > and f.sub_object = h.id > > > group by h.header, f.state, f.sort, l.link, l.link_title, h.id > > > </cfquery> > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > Paul Giesenhagen > > > QuillDesign > > > http://www.quilldesign.com > > > SiteDirector Commerce Builder > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
