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[boris hajduk]

hi fellow mysql users :)

i'm programming a little application, and i do the following :


for ($i=0 ; $i<200 ; $i++)
{
  $result=mysql_query("select $i, title from book where position1=$i \
                       or position2=$i"); // this query returns only 1 row
  $row=mysql_fetch_row($result);
  print("position: $row[0]  --   title: $row[1]  \n");
}

this generates 200 sql queries... :/

do you see a way to make 1 sql query that would return my 200 rows ?

maybe something like :
select "(increment j 0 -> 200)" , title from book where position1=j \
  or position2=j;


note: given a number between 0 and 199, the number is stored in
position1 OR position2 , but never both.

any idea ?

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 Boris Hajduk                   bhajduk@stripped