mottwsc Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I have two tables: Events EventType VARCHAR(10) InterestID1 INT InterestID2 INT InterestID3 INT Interests InterestID INT InterestDescription VARCHAR(20) I'm trying to query both tables so that, for each row in Events, I can get all fields from Events and the corresponding interestDescription from Interests for each of the three interests (InterestID1, ID2 and ID3). This would output something like: EventType InterestID1 InterestDescription (for ID1) InterestID2 InterestDescription (for ID2) InterestID3 InterestDescription (for ID3) Car Show 3 Engines 6 Interiors 17 Fuel Efficiency However, I can't do this with a query like: SELECT *, i.interestDescription FROM EVENTS e JOIN Interests i on (e.interestID1 = i.interestID or e.interestID2 = i.interestID or e.interestID3 = i.interestID) Can anyone suggest how to do this? Thanks! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/224555-help-with-query/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikosiko Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 JOIN the Interest table 3 times (different aliases) Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/224555-help-with-query/#findComment-1159955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottwsc Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 Would you mind showing an example of how to properly do this? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/224555-help-with-query/#findComment-1160104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottwsc Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 I got it. Thanks for your suggestion. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/224555-help-with-query/#findComment-1160138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I got it. Thanks for your suggestion. Then post it for everyone to see. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/224555-help-with-query/#findComment-1162134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottwsc Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 SELECT e.* , i1.interestDescription AS i1_interestDescription , i2.interestDescription AS i2_interestDescription , i3.interestDescription AS i3_interestDescription FROM EVENTS e LEFT OUTER JOIN Interests AS i1 ON i1.interestID = e.interestID1 LEFT OUTER JOIN Interests AS i2 ON i2.interestID = e.interestID2 LEFT OUTER JOIN Interests AS i3 ON i3.interestID = e.interestID3 Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/224555-help-with-query/#findComment-1162167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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