Hi Jeff Have you looked at UNIONS? An example would be something as follows:
SELECT field_1, field_2, field_3 FROM table 1 WHERE blah blah blah UNION SELECT field_1, field_2, field_3 FROM table 1_old WHERE blah blah blah ORDER BY field_1 This should do the trick... Rory McKinley Nebula Solutions +27 82 857 2391 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't" (Unknown) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff McKeon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 4:01 PM Subject: Data from two tables in one query We're currently running mysql ver 3.23 with plans to upgrade to 4.x soon but we're not ready yet. I have two tables that are identical, table1 and table1_old. Table1_old contains all data writen to table1 prior to july of 2003. I need to do a single query that pulls the same fields from both tables and output's them in the correct order. Is this possible? I'm outputing this data to PHP web page. I know in ver 4.x there is table called a "merge" table for this type of thing but we're stuck with 3.23 for now. Jeff -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]