> SELECT * FROM foo WHERE id2=1 AND id2=2 (for example)...
Given your structure, no row can satisfy your criteria. You are asking ID2
to have two values on one row, which is clearly impossible. Did you by
chance mean:
SELECT * FROM foo WHERE id2=1 OR id2=2
or alternatively
SELECT * FROM foo WHERE id1=1 AND id2=2
Both these queries could return rows.
hth,
Arthur
-----Original Message-----
From: John Ragan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problems with simple(?) query
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to write what I am sure should be a simple query, but just
can't get it to
> work!
>
> If I create a table called foo like this:
> create table foo ( id1 int(11) , id2(int 11) );
>
> populate it with data and then try:
>
> SELECT * FROM foo WHERE id2=1 AND id2=2 (for example),
>
> I just get an empty set returned. An explain on the query gives an
'Impossible WHERE'
> message.
>
> Both id1 and id2 can have duplicate values in them, though the same
combination of id1 and id2 cannot appear in the data (ie: id1=1, id2=1 ;
id1=1, id2=2 is possible,
> id1=1, id2=1 ; id1=1, id2=1 is not possible), and it is possible that the
values I
> search for will not be in the table at all.
>
> All I really want is to get the value for id1 where there are
corresponding records which match all of my search parameters for id2.
>
> Anyone got any ideas how to manage this? It's beginning to drive me mad!
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
>
>
to give the man a fish, or to teach him to fish.
if you have a windows box for a front end,
download corereader from http://corereader.com
it connects to any data source, and it likes
mysql a lot. it does quick point and click
queries so you can, hopefully, find for yourself
the logic errors such as has been pointed out in
your query.
have fun.
--
John Ragan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.CoreReader.com/
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