But that doesn't make a log of sense to me. And which row do you want? I'm thinking your data /layout /logic might need some rethinking, or at least re-stating. Your original post didn't seem to indicate this need. On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 12:05, BjÃrn T Johansen wrote: > Nope, I have already tried that one... But this one returns 0 rows when eg. stoptype > = 2.. (it works ok when stoptype = 1 or null...) But I should get one row when > stoptype = 2 as well, but then with null values from fields in the log_stop table... > > I am not sure if this is possible, without writing a procedure or similar... > > BTJ > > Scott Marlowe wrote: > > Then maybe: > > > > AND (log_stop.stoptype=1 OR log_stop.stoptype IS NULL) > > > > ?? > > > > On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 11:55, BjÃrn T Johansen wrote: > > > >>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 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster