Yes, Do a join on the two tables and only pull the book data from the first record.
-- Jon Farmer Systems Programmer, Entanet www.enta.net Tel 01952 428969 Mob 07763 620378 PGP Key available, send email with subject: Send PGP Key ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Pitcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 1:37 PM Subject: [PHP-DB] 1 query or 2 queries > I have a page that displays a book and some of its chapters (not all > chapters are recorded) and I want to do a layout like this: > > ISN: 012345678X > Book Title: A Christmas Carol > Book Author: Dickens, C. > Publisher: Victorian Press > Year: 1934 > > Dickens, C Chapter One:title 1-33 Last sold for 5p per page > Digitised > Dickens, C Chapter Two:title 34-43 Last sold for 5p per page > Digitised > Dickens, C Chapter Three:title 44-63 Not Cleared > Not Digitised > Dickens, C Chapter Six :title 92-114 Last sold for 5p per page > Digitised > > Now, I know I could do 2 queries, 1 against the book table and the other > against the chapter table. Would it be possible and if so more efficient to > combine them into a single query and still be able to display in this way? > > MTIA > > George in Edinburgh (data is fictional in more ways than one) > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/02 > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
