My mistake.  I failed to mention that there are two tables, bar and baz.
And, I found the answer to my question.  Thanks everybody.

On 12/2/02 5:52 PM, "Adolfo Bello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Isn't this sort of impossible?
> You are asking for something like "a set which contains as an element
> the set itself"
> 
> WHERE fooId IN (fooId)
> 
> Adolfo
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Abilla [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 1:43 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: sql:WHERE IN SYNTAX
>> 
>> 
>> Question about SQL "WHERE IN" syntax:
>> 
>> I know that something like this is fine to do:
>> 
>> (1)
>> SELECT foo 
>> FROM   bar
>> WHERE  fooID in ('1','2')
>> 
>> In the example above, the parenthesis includes the itemized
>> fooID's.  But, I want to do a similar thing where instead of
>> the actual fooID's in the WHERE IN clause, I reference a
>> column that contains the fooID's, like:
>> 
>> (2)
>> SELECT foo 
>> FROM   bar
>> WHERE  fooID in (bar.fooID)
>> 
>> In this example, I have the table 'bar' and the column 'fooID'.
>> 
>> Is (2) possible?  If not, what other strategies are there?
>> Please help.
>> 
>> PSA
>> 
>> 
>> 
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