Nope... It returns 0 rows when there are no rows in log_stop with stoptype = 1... BTJ Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 11:24, BjÃrn T Johansen wrote: > >>I need a select like this..: >> >>select ordre.id, ordre.desc, log_stop.stoptype from ordre left outer join log_stop on >>ordre.id = log_stop.ordreid where ordre.id = 22 >> >>The problem is that I need to include "where log_stop.stoptype = 1". So if log_stop >>includes 3 rows with stoptype = 1 and ordreid = 22, my select should return 3 rows. >>Also, if log_stop includes 3 rows with stoptype = 1 and 2 rows with stoptype = 2, my >>select should still return 3 rows. And if there are 0 rows with stoptype = 1, my >>select should return 1 row. > > > Would this work? > > select ordre.id, ordre.desc, log_stop.stoptype from ordre left outer join log_stop on > ordre.id = log_stop.ordreid where ordre.id = 22 AND COALESCE(log_stop.stoptype,1)=1 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)