Re: [newbie] Relations...

On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, John Moo wrote:

> I have a real stupid (propably) problem :)
> I have two tables, one holding accounts:
>
> CREATE TABLE accounts (
> login varchar(32) primary key,
> password varchar(32),
> name varchar(128),
> email varchar(64));
>
> and one holding posts (to news system):
>
> CREATE TABLE news (
> author varchar(32) references accounts(login),
> title varchar(32),
> body text,
> date timestamp default now(),
> id serial);
>
> ...and I want using _one_ SQL SELECT get all news rows but with
> accounts.name relation.
> "SELECT name,title,body,date FROM accounts,news" doesn't work fine,
> because it gets all rows from accounts table.

You have to add a condition to ask for the particular name i.e. add a WHERE clause.

Check http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?queries.html to refhresh your sql :-)

cheers,
thalis

>
> Thanks for help
> John Moo
>
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