Unions required that the the queries have the same number of columns and the same data type for each column bastien> To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:24:38 -0600> From: jason.gerfen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: union/select statement & number of columns> > Hello all, I receive an error of the following: The used SELECT> statements have a different number of columns. Any help, pointers,> tutorials are appreciated.> > Here are the two tables structure I am trying to pull from:> Table 1> mysql> describe orders;> +------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+> | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |> +------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+> | id | int(255) | NO | PRI | | auto_increment |> | ordernum | int(10) | NO | | | |> | date | varchar(60) | NO | | | |> | time | varchar(20) | NO | | | |> | group | varchar(20) | NO | | | |> | purpose | varchar(255) | NO | | | |> | tracking | varchar(120) | NO | | | |> | contact | varchar(255) | NO | | | |> | eta | varchar(50) | NO | | | |> | department | varchar(125) | NO | | | |> | notes | varchar(255) | NO | | | |> +------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+> 11 rows in set (0.01 sec)> > Table 2> mysql> describe order_items;> +-------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+> | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |> +-------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+> | id | int(11) | NO | PRI | | auto_increment |> | ordernum | int(124) | NO | | | |> | quantity | int(124) | NO | | | |> | description | varchar(124) | NO | | | |> | price | decimal(10,0) | NO | | | |> | partnum | varchar(255) | NO | | | |> | vendor | varchar(255) | NO | | | |> +-------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+> 7 rows in set (0.00 sec)> > And here is the statement I am using (PHP):> $query = "( SELECT * FROM `orders` WHERE ( `ordernum` LIKE "$var\" OR> `purpose` LIKE \"$var\" OR `tracking` LIKE \"$var\" OR `contact` LIKE> \"$var\" OR `date` LIKE \"$var\" OR `time` LIKE \"$var\" OR `eta` LIKE> \"$var\" OR `department` LIKE \"$var\" OR `notes` LIKE \"$var\" ) AND> `group` = \"$group\" ) UNION ( SELECT * FROM `order_items` WHERE (> `ordernum` LIKE \"$var\" OR `price` LIKE \"$var\" OR `partnum` LIKE> \"$var\" OR `vendor` LIKE \"$var\" OR `quantity` LIKE \"$var\" OR> `description` LIKE \"$var\" ) ORDER BY `ordernum` )";> > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php> _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with free Messenger emoticons. Get them today! http://www.freemessengeremoticons.ca/?icid=EMENCA122
