on 1/20/06 6:19 AM, trepca@xxxxxxxxx purportedly said: > I have a table like this: > > CREATE TABLE customer_mapping > ( > "Name" varchar(128) NOT NULL, > "ID" int8 NOT NULL > ) > > Data looks something like this: > > "john" 1 > "peter" 1 > "test" 2 > "george" 3 > > What I would like is to write a query where I can specify multiple names and > get the IDs which have them. > > For now it seems the most efficient way is to use INTERSECT statement: > > SELECT "ID" from customer_mapping WHERE "Name"='john' > INTERSECT > SELECT "ID" from customer_mapping WHERE "Name"='peter' > > Although, I don't know how exactly to use ORDER, OFFSET and LIMIT in this > case... > > Anyway, is there any better way of doing this? (I can't change the table > structure.) Maybe I'm a little thick this morning but can't you just do: SELECT "ID" from customer_mapping WHERE "Name"='john' OR "Name"='peter' OR "Name"='george' ORDER BY "ID" DESC Result: 3 2 1 ? Keary Suska Esoteritech, Inc. "Demystifying technology for your home or business"
