That fixed it! Thanks!
Hunter
> From: Stephan Szabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:54:50 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Hunter Hillegas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: PostgreSQL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Query Question
>
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Hunter Hillegas wrote:
>
>> I have 4 tables: releases, artist_info, categories, and formats.
>>
>> I am using this query:
>>
>> SELECT DISTINCT *, categories.category_name as category_name,
>> categories.rec_num as category, formats.format_name as format_text,
>> releases.rec_num as release_rec_num, artist_info.name as artist_name FROM
>> releases, artist_info, formats, categories WHERE upper(releases.title) LIKE
>> upper('%get%') OR upper(artist_info.name) LIKE upper('%get%') AND
>> releases.artist_id = artist_info.rec_num AND releases.format =
>> formats.rec_num AND releases.category = categories.rec_num AND
>> releases.active_status = true ORDER BY title DESC;
>>
>> to search and join the tables...
>>
>> The intent is to search the releases table where title = %face% and the
>> artist_info table where name = %face% and return only rows that match that.
>>
>> Somewhere my join is going wrong. The query is returning the results plus a
>> release titled 'Face to Face' joined to every artist and every format.
>>
>> Where am I going wrong? It only occurs on searches where both the
>> releases.title and artist_info.name match the search criteria.
>
> I'd guess you want parentheses around the first two logical expressions
> that are ORed together.
>
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