retrieving data from more than one table

[dr_overload]

I currently use this script to retrieve data from the one table

<?php
mysql_connect("**", "**", "**") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("**") or die(mysql_error());
$data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM world_cup WHERE username ='$username'")
or die(mysql_error());
while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $data ))
if ( $info['a'].$info['b'] == $info['c'].$info['d'] ) {
echo $info['e'];
?>

What would I have to change in the script if 'a' and 'b' were in a second table. ie world_cup_scores?

Any help is most appreciated

[lead2gold]

[!--quoteo(post=378177:date=May 29 2006, 03:29 PM:name=dr_overload)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(dr_overload @ May 29 2006, 03:29 PM) [snapback]378177[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
I currently use this script to retrieve data from the one table

<?php
mysql_connect("**", "**", "**") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("**") or die(mysql_error());
$data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM world_cup WHERE username ='$username'")
or die(mysql_error());
while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $data ))
if ( $info['a'].$info['b'] == $info['c'].$info['d'] ) {
echo $info['e'];
?>

What would I have to change in the script if 'a' and 'b' were in a second table. ie world_cup_scores?

Any help is most appreciated
[/quote]
Assuming you'll be linking the second table to the first table by some type of id:
[code]
Table1: world_cup
table_id INTEGER(20),
info_c    <whatever>,
info_d    <whatever>,
info_e    <whatever>
[/code]

[code]
Table2: world_cup_scores
table_id INTEGER(20), -- this value will reference Table1 table_id as a foreign key
info_a  <whatever>,
info_b <whatever>
[/code]

your select statement:
[code]
$sql = " SELECT world_cup.*,world_cup_scores.* FROM world_cup";
$sql .= " LEFT JOIN world_cup_scores ON world_cup.table_id = world_cup_scores.table_id"
$sql .= " WHERE username ='$username'";
[/code]

The above will retrieve all the work cup games even if there are no scores associated to those games yet.