Yes, I should have been more clear, I know that you can join a table to itself but I
am trying to find out:
1) What is the max number of joins (unique tables/mixture of same table joins)
2) What is the max number of same-table joins
So I guess I had two questions :)
Bill
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Rolf Hopkins wrote:
> Don't know about max number but unlimited, I would have thought.
>
> SELECT b1.foo, b2.foo
> FROM bar as b1, bar as b2
> WHERE ...
>
> Will get you a table join on itself.
>
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>
> > How many times can I join tables together? What about joining a table to
> itself?
> >
> > I checked the maillist archive/manual but cannot find a definite answer
> (searched on "max number of joins", "joins")...I'd though it would be in
> section 7.20 of the manual but it wasn't.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Bill
> >
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