You may be able to use mysql_fetch_array() and use numerical indexes to reference the redundant names, but isn't it easier and better to just assign aliases like you're doing? It makes for more readable code, that's for sure. -Micah On Thu September 18 2003 12:55 pm, Mike Tallroth wrote: > Thanks, I found the post from John Holmes and was able to reconstruct the > query in mysql. But when I transferred that over to php and try to extract > an associative array from each record, I found that only one column came > out instead of two. > > By simply changing the query from: > $query = "select t1.name, t2.name from test1.table1 t1 join > test2.table2 t2 on t1.id = t2.id"; > to: > $query = "select t1.name as first, t2.name as last from test1.table1 t1 > join test2.table2 t2 on t1.id = t2.id"; > the associative array worked as desired. > > I suspect what was happening originally was both columns when extracted > from the result and placed into the array were both stored under the index > "name". By changing them to have unique field names "as first" and "as > last" allowed two different indexes. Perhaps there is a way of extracting > data from the query result that will allow redundant names, but I don't > know what that is. > > > thanks for the help, > Mike > > > Jeffrey N Dyke <jeffrey_n_Dyke@Keane.com> wrote in message > OFE374747F.324B9B13-ON85256DA5.0052CA22@keane.com">news:OFE374747F.324B9B13-ON85256DA5.0052CA22@keane.com... > > > i asked this same question once and somehwere in the archives is a post > > by John Holmes that shows an example of how mysql allows db joins. its > > from last month i believe.... > > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-db > > > > but in short, mysql does support this using ..... db.table.field > > > > hth > > Jeff > > > > > > > > "Mike Tallroth" > > <mike.tallroth@pl To: > > php-db@lists.php.net > > > exus.com> cc: > > Subject: JOIN > > across db's in MySQL > > > 09/18/2003 10:47 > > AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In the big scheme of things, I need several functions to be performed by > > a web interface / database system. In an attempt to maintain some sense > > of order, I'm hoping to divide common data into a seperate MySQL database > > away > > > from the function specific data. For example, I need to do project > > allocation and vendor quality tracking. These functions are generally > > unrelated but call on similar data (people in the group). > > > > My plan was to create a MySQL database called "admin" which contained > > people, customers, locations, addresses, etc, and seperate databases for > > each of the other functions projectallocation, vendorquality, etc. > > > > The problem I'm seeing is that there is no clean way of creating queries > > across database boundaries. Does PHP support this and I'm not seeing it? > > Does anyone know of third party code that accomplishes this "manually"? > > Am > > > I out in left field on my desire to setup the database structure this > > way? > > > > thanks, > > > > -- > > Mike Tallroth > > Engineering Supervisor > > Test DesignCenter > > Plexus Technology Group > > Neenah, WI > > mike.tallroth @plexus.com > > 920-751-5418 > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
