On Monday 09 December 2002 13:23, Angus Fraser wrote:
> Hi, I've joined this list today - looking for a good forum to discuss my
> difficulties with Mysql as they arise - I'm an SQL newbie.
>
> I'd like to construct a single query that creates one list of the contents
> of multiple tables (which all have a "dateadded" column) sorted so that
> output rows from each table are listed in the order they were added to the
> DB. Is this possible?
You can use f.e. auto_increment column and do
SELECT .. ORDER BY auto_increment_column;
> I dont think it's a JOIN because the tables are not
> related in any way?
If I've got you right, UNION is what you need:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/UNION.html
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