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From Jeff Patterson
Subject query help
Date
Msg-id 200109071543.f87FhNI29963@sonic.net
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Responses Re: query help
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This seems like such a basic function that I'm sure I am missing something
fundamental. I have a table, say xref, whose columns are primary key values for
other tables. Some of theses keys may be NULL for a given row in xref. I want
to create a query that returns the corresponding entries in the other tables.

xref:
drug_id | function_id|syst_id |text_id
--------------------------------------
d0001   |     2      |   3    | 3423
d0001   |     5      |        | 5678
d0056   |     3      |   5    |

system_id:
syst_id | syst_desc
-------------------
3       | renal
4       | hepatic
5       |  respiratory

clinical_text:
text_id| clinical_text
-----------------------------------
3423   | 'some medical mumbo jumbo'
5678   | 'more of the same'

I want the syst_desc and clinical_text (plus other similar data from tables not
shown) given a drug_id and function_id.

Any help?

Thanks a bunch,

Jeff Patterson
The Melanoma Patients' Information Page
http://www.mpip.org



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