Re: SELECT statement with sub-queries

Hallo,

SELECT *
FROM products
WHERE exists
(SELECT categories.cat FROM categories WHERE
categories.serial==products.category);
or
SELECT * FROM products
WHERE category IN
(SELECT categories.cat FROM categories);

On 28.05.2017 19:03, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Hello *,
>
> I try to get columns from my database with a singel SELECT, but I stuck.
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> I have 3 tables like:
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> 1) categories (serial,cat)
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> 2) manufacturers (serial,m_name)
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> 3) products (serial,category,manufacturer,p_name)
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> where the "category" and "manufacturer"
> are numerical IDs from the two tables above.
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> So I like to replace the numerical IDs with the appropriated values,
> mean
>
> SELECT * FROM products WHERE category IN
> (SELECT categories.cat FROM categories WHERE
> categories.serial==products.category);
>
> But I get:
>
> ERROR: operator does not exist: integer==integer
> LINE1: ...gories.cat FROM categories WHERE categories.serial==products.category);
> ^
> Hmm, "serial" is an "integer" and the "category" and "manufacturer" too.
>
> So whats wrong with it?
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