Perhaps I'm missing something, but don't you need something to link the outer query to the nested query? Such as SELECT * FROM Allocations WHERE Allocations.Project_ID=(SELECT Project_ID FROM Project WHERE Project_Name = $_POST[project_name]) and if that's the case, can you do a JOIN on whatever links the tables together? --- shaun <shaun@mania.plus.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have just found out that I can't use nested queries with MySQL so > could > someone tell me how i can transform the following query for use > with MySQL? > > SELECT * FROM Allocations WHERE (SELECT Project_ID FROM Project > WHERE > Project_Name = $_POST[project_name]) > > thanks for your help > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > ===== Mark Weinstock mark_weinstock@yahoo.com *************************************** You can't demand something as a "right" unless you are willing to fight to death to defend everyone else's right to the same thing. *************************************** __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php