I believe that I will be able to extract the data using a JOIN in SQL, but
then the question becomes how to display the data in the outline form that I
mentioned.
I would appreciate any and all help!
--Dave Shugarts
>
> right..
> same here
>
> you need to be able to write a 3rd query that joins the first 2 quries besed
> on
> Sessions.SessionShortName == [OR IS? EQ? OR IN?]
> Presentations.SessionShortName
>
>
> I have a medical symposium to do, that has Sessions and then individual
> talks or Presentations.
>
> Sessions I through VII occur on Day 1 of the symposium, Sessions VIII
> through XIII on Day 2, and Sessions XIV through XXI on Day 3. There are
> upwards of 10 Presentations for each session.
>
> I need to be able to add or edit the Sessions separately, so I built a table
> with columns:
>
> # CREATE TABLE Sessions ( SessionID int(6) NOT NULL auto_increment,
> SessionSeqNo int(6) NOT NULL default '0',
> SessionDay date NOT NULL default '0000-00-00',
> SessionShortName varchar(36) NOT NULL default '',
> SessionTitle longtext NOT NULL,
> SessionModerators longtext NOT NULL,
> UNIQUE KEY ID (SessionID),
> FULLTEXT KEY Topic (SessionTitle),
> FULLTEXT KEY Speakers (SessionModerators) ) TYPE=MyISAM; #
>
> Then I need to be able to add or edit Presentations. I built a table for the
> Presentations, with columns:
>
> # CREATE TABLE Presentations ( PresID int(6) NOT NULL auto_increment,
> PresSeqNo int(6) NOT NULL default '0',
> PresDay date NOT NULL default '0000-00-00',
> PresStart time NOT NULL default '00:00:00',
> PresEnd time NOT NULL default '00:00:00',
> SessionShortName varchar(36) NOT NULL default '',
> PresTitle longtext NOT NULL,
> PresSubTitle longtext NOT NULL,
> PresSpeakers longtext NOT NULL,
> UNIQUE KEY ID (PresID),
> FULLTEXT KEY Topic (PresTitle),
> FULLTEXT KEY Speakers (PresSpeakers) ) TYPE=MyISAM; #
>
> The two tables are related by SessionShortName, but rows in the two tables
> don't really match. What I need to do now is obtain results for display to
> the symposium website, which show elements of both tables in outline form:
>
> November 18, 2003(SessionDay) Day 1
> Session I (Session ShortName): This is the First Session (SessionTitle)
> Session I Moderators(SessionModerators)
> Presentation 1 Start Time(PresStart)
> Presentation 1 EndTime(PresEnd)
> Presentation 1 Title(PresTitle)
> Presentation 1 Speakers (PresSpeakers)
> Presentation 2 Start Time(PresStart)
> Presentation 2 EndTime(PresEnd)
> Presentation 2 Title(PresTitle)
> Presentation 2 Speakers (PresSpeakers)
> Presentation 3 Start Time(PresStart)
> Presentation 3 EndTime(PresEnd)
> Presentation 3 Title(PresTitle)
> Presentation 3 Speakers (PresSpeakers)
> Session II (Session ShortName): This is the 2ndSession (SessionTitle)
> Session II Moderators(SessionModerators)
> Presentation 1 Start Time(PresStart)
> Presentation 1 EndTime(PresEnd)
> Presentation 1 Title(PresTitle)
> Presentation 1 Speakers (PresSpeakers)
> Presentation 2 Start Time(PresStart)
> Presentation 2 EndTime(PresEnd)
> Presentation 2 Title(PresTitle)
> Presentation 2 Speakers (PresSpeakers)
> November 19, 2003(SessionDay) Day 2
> Session VIII (Session ShortName): This is the 8th Session (SessionTitle)
> Session VIII Moderators(SessionModerators)
> Presentation 1 Start Time(PresStart)
> Presentation 1 EndTime(PresEnd)
> Presentation 1 Title(PresTitle)
> Presentation 1 Speakers (PresSpeakers)
> Presentation 2 Start Time(PresStart)
> Presentation 2 EndTime(PresEnd)
> Presentation 2 Title(PresTitle)
> Presentation 2 Speakers (PresSpeakers)
> [Etc., etc.]
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> --Dave Shugarts
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