Barry, Change --> xp_topics.topicid = xp_stories.topicid to-----------> xp_stories.topicid = xp_topics.topicid and see what your results are. Your primary selection is on xp_topics.
Then add DISTINCT following your SELECT. That should do the trick - Miles At 02:28 AM 1/20/2002 +1300, Barry Rumsey wrote: >I have the following query: >$query = "SELECT * FROM xp_topics, xp_stories WHERE xp_topics.topicid = >xp_stories.topicid AND xp_topics.artistname='Faith Hill' ORDER BY >topictext DESC LIMIT 0,20"; >It returns the lot but a lot of doubles. > I want to put a DISTINCT call the query, but if I put it after the > select ( select distinct * from.......) it returns nothing. How do you do > a DISTINCT? -- 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]
