Re: SELECT from multiple tables (not join though)

To be honest, it looks like you might need a schema adjustment.
Normalization means keeping one kind of thing in one place, avoiding
ugly queries. Inheritance can also help with this too.

Alex Turner
NetEconomist

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:22:41 -0500, Madison Kelly <linux(at)alteeve(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have another question, I hope it isn't too basic. ^.^
>
> I want to do a select from multiple tables but not join them. What I
> am trying to do is something like this (though this doesn't work as I need):
>
> SELECT a.file_name, b.file_name, c.file_name FROM file_info_1 a,
> file_info_2 b, file_info_3 c WHERE a.file_name='/' AND
> b.file_parent_dir='/' AND c.file_parent_dir='/';
>
> That returns every combination of the results from the three tables
> which is a huge number. What I need is to return all of the matches in
> all of the tables in a single column. Once I have all the matches in one
> column the next trick is to sort the combined results (any tips there?).
>
> I hope the question was clear. Please let me know if it wasn't. Thanks!
>
> Madison
>
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