Re: [PHP-DB] distinct - how to do

2002-01-19 Thread Miles Thompson
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 Ru

Re: [PHP-DB] distinct - how to do

2002-01-19 Thread Paul DuBois
At 2:28 +1300 1/20/02, 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

[PHP-DB] distinct - how to do

2002-01-19 Thread Barry Rumsey
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 a