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From David G Johnston
Subject Re: Combining two queries
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In response to Combining two queries  (Robert DiFalco <robert.difalco@gmail.com>)
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Robert DiFalco wrote
> For 2 arbitrary ids, I need a query to get two pieced of data:
>    * Are the two users friends?

This seems easy...ROW(u_id, f_id) = ROW(n1, n2)


>    * How many friends do the two users have in common.

SELECT f_id FROM [...] WHERE u_id = n1
INTERSECT
SELECT f_id FROM [...] WHERE u_id = n2

Put those into WITH/CTE and use the main query to combine them in whatever
way seems appropriate.

David J.




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