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
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
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