am Wed, dem 04.06.2008, um 8:41:29 +0100 mailte Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz folgendes:
> I have 3 similar SELECTs. I am wondering whether they could be rolled
> into one?
>
>
> SELECT
> item.id
> department.id || section.id || category.id as x
Syntax error, missing , between the columns ;-)
> FROM item
> LEFT JOIN product ON ...
> LEFT JOIN department ON ...
> LEFT JOIN section ON ...
> LEFT JOIN category ON ...
>
> SELECT
> item.id
> department.id || section.id as x
> FROM item
> LEFT JOIN product ON ...
> LEFT JOIN department ON ...
> LEFT JOIN section ON ...
>
> SELECT
> item.id
> department.id as x
> FROM item
> LEFT JOIN product ON ...
> LEFT JOIN department ON ...
If i understand you correctly: use UNION, like
select foo1 as foo, bar1 as bar from table1 UNION ALL select foo2, bar2 from table2;
The result table contains 2 columns foo and bar and all rows from both
selects.
Andreas
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