Re: Select from multiple tables

On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 11:17:01AM -0400, Jon Earle wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to select data from two tables, with the keying information for the
> second table coming from the select results of the first. Can this be
> done in one call, or will I need to resort to two calls - one to get the
> record from the first table, then a second call to get the record from the
> second table based on a key contained in the first results set?

SELECT * FROM table1 t1, table2 t2 WHERE t1.key_field = t2.key_field;
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