Nathan reminded me I didn't give full info: * Small data set <1K records
* Using MySQL 5.0 Sure, I have a working answer with query1 (students with Temp or Perm), query2 (all students except those returned in Q1), Union Q1 + Q2. But There has to be a more efficient method. I know with our servers and the recordset, the need for efficiency is minimal, but I don't want to be lazy or miss a chance to learn new techniques. Isn't MySQL faster than CF at doing the select? If I can do it all in one call, isn't it better to make MySQL do the heavy lifting? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charlie Arehart Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 11:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ACFUG Discuss] Tricky SQL help? Just a guess, with the limited info, but it seems to me that you'd just want then for the query to get "all the students", and make the decision as to what address to "show" in CFML while looping over the results. Or do you have some reason to want to do this all in a query? /charlie From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tepfer, Seth Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 10:45 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [ACFUG Discuss] Tricky SQL help? I know this is not strictly a CF issue, but I'm trying to find the most efficient way of doing this, and a single query seems faster than 2 queries plus a query of queries. I have two tables, one of student names, one of addresses. Students: id, name, emplID Addresses: emplID, addressType, addressline1, city, state, Student table data: 1, john dooley, 1234567 2, jane dooley, 2345678 3, tom dooley, 33456780 Addresses table data: 1234567, onCampus, 101 Dowman, null, null 1234567, home address, 100 main street, springfield, IL 1234567, permanent forward, 120 main street, Atlanta, GA 2345678, home address, 200 main street, springfield, MO 2345678, temporary forward, 130 main street, Atlanta, GA 3456789, home address, 300 main street, springfield, GA Every student has a home address. Some have permanent or temporary forwards. The query results I want to return are * All the student names * If they have permanent or temporary forward, that address * If they do not, a null for the address (NOT the home address or onCampus address) I've tried an outer join with a 'where addressType = 'permanent or temporary', but that doesn't give me all the names, just the ones with a forward. Thanks for any time you can give. ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by FusionLink<http://www.fusionlink.com> ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by FusionLink<http://www.fusionlink.com> ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
