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SQL Left Joins and Order By Error


Fearpig

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Hi Guys,

I'm having a few problems with a table I'm creating. The table is populated from an SQL database using two tables. I need to link the tables using a left join so that all of the products are visible and only relevant documents. So I created a view on the SQL server using a left join and this displays correctly however if I then try and sort the table using 'ORDER BY' it drops all records where there are not enteries on both tables. This occurs if I make the query in SQL or in PHP.

 

Can anyone see where I am going wrong? Any help would be appreciated.

 

<?
$sql="SELECT * FROM qry_Domestic_Boilers_and_Docs ORDER BY 'Product'"; //this one doesn't work
//$sql="SELECT * FROM qry_Domestic_Boilers_and_Docs"; //but this one works!!
$result=odbc_exec($conn,$sql);
if (!$result)
       {exit("Error in SQL");}

echo "<table class='BodyText1' border=1>\n";
echo "<tr><th>Product</th><th>Type</th><th>Warranty</th><th>SEDBUK</th><th>kW</th></tr>";

while (odbc_fetch_row($result)) 
	{
	$Product=odbc_result($result,"Product");
	$Boiler_Type=odbc_result($result,"Type");
	$Warranty=odbc_result($result,"Warranty");
	$SEDBUK=odbc_result($result,"SEDBUK");
	$Output_Power=odbc_result($result,"Power");
	$Part_ID=odbc_result($result,"Part_ID");

	echo "<tr><td><a href=\"Result_ByDomesticProduct.php?id=$Part_ID\">$Product</a></td><td align='middle'>$Boiler_Type</td><td align='middle'>$Warranty</td><td align='middle'>$SEDBUK</td><td align='middle'>$Output_Power</td></tr>";
}
echo "</table>\n";
?>

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