From: Graham Anderson Date: March 31 2005 11:17pm Subject: Newbie: MYSQL nested query question List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/181990 Message-Id: <4dc50f958e72841747300ff253e5200f@siren.cc> MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit What is the proper way to say this ? SELECT C.City, N.Distance FROM Cities C JOIN Nearbycities N ON C.CityId = N.PrimaryCityId WHERE N.CityId = (SELECT Cities.CityId FROM Cities WHERE Cities.city = 'Los Angeles') AND N.distance < 20 I am trying to enter in a city and get all the nearby cites with 20 miles Somehow, I need to join NearbyCities.PrimaryCityId, Cities.CityId, and Cities.city learning :)