Tularis, et al -- ...and then David T-G said... % % ...and then Tularis said... % % % % Usually, % % using mysql to handle your tables is *way* faster than letting php % % handle it. ... % % % % In your case, you could just do a complex join I think. That would give % % Ahhh... A new term. Back to the books for me!
A little RTFMing later, our hero returns... % % % all results in one table, and you could just order that on scheduletime, % % That certainly would be lovely :-) Look at that; I get out what I want in the order I'll want it in a single query! mysql> select substring(s.timeslot,1,13),i.fname,concat(c.fname,' ',c.lname) from personnel as i, clients as c, schedule as s where i.id = s.instr and c.id = s.client and i.fname = 'penelope' order by timeslot; +----------------------------+----------+-----------------------------+ | substring(s.timeslot,1,13) | fname | concat(c.fname,' ',c.lname) | +----------------------------+----------+-----------------------------+ | 2002-12-27 06 | penelope | david t-g | | 2002-12-27 07 | penelope | david t-g | | 2002-12-27 08 | penelope | laura t-g | | 2002-12-27 10 | penelope | david t-g | +----------------------------+----------+-----------------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) I'll probably have to refine this a bit as I also learn more about how to use this, but I'm well on my way.. Thanks again & HAND & HNY :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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