From: Peter Brawley
Date: April 1 2005 9:59pm
Subject: Re: Newbie: MYSQL nested query question
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What was wrong with Graham's simpler query?

PB

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Graham Anderson wrote:

> I upgraded my local mysql version to 4.1.10a and the below query 
> finally works :)
>
> How can I now amend the query so it works on my remote server running 
> mysql 3.23.58 ? From one headache to another ;)
>
> SELECT (
>
> SELECT City
> FROM Cities
> WHERE CityID = N.CityID
> ), N.Distance
> FROM Cities C
> JOIN Nbc N ON C.CityID = N.PrimaryCityID
> WHERE C.City = 'Los Angeles'
> AND N.Distance <20
>
> many many thanks to all those that replied :)
>
> g
>
> On Mar 31, 2005, at 11:49 PM, Philip M. Gollucci wrote:
>
>> Graham Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> What is the proper way to say this ?
>>> SELECT C.City, N.Distance
>>> FROM Cities C
>>> JOIN Nearbycities N ON C.CityId =ci 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 :)
>>
>> Unless I missed something... Why did you make it so hard ?
>> SQL is meant to be easy :)
>>
>> SELECT c.city, n.distance
>> FROM Cities c, Nearbycities n
>> WHERE c.cityid = n.primarycityid
>> AND c.city = 'Los Angeles'
>> AND n.distance < 20
>>
>>
>>
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