while I was trying again I did something wrong (?) and my server is now "busy" and looks like it went down?!? The qestion is how can I check first query before I apply it to be sure I'm not goig to read every record in my DB or get into loop? thanks. -afan > On 10/9/06, afan@xxxxxxxx <afan@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> but I know there must be much better solution then this one. > > You're right: Simply JOIN your queries... > > SELECT order_id, order_date, order_status, file_name > FROM orders > JOIN uploaded_files AS uf ON orders.order_id = uf.order_id > ORDER BY orders.order_id DESC > LIMIT 100 > > HTH, > John W > > >> >> thanks for any help. >> >> -afan >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
