You probably want something like this: SELECT * FROM chico as c, harpo as h WHERE c.operator = "Bill" OR c.operator = "Jessica" OR h.operator = "Bill" OR h.operator ="Jessica" However if those tables really are identical I would suggest having a good look at your database design to see if it can be normalised or something... Stephen Wellington On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Mike Sullivan <mjsulliv@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all. I'm using PHP to build a query for a database that consists of > multiple tables, all with identical attribues. A typical syntax try looks > like this: SELECT * FROM chico, harpo WHERE operator = "Bill" OR operator = > "Jessica" > > MySQL responds with this: Couldn't execute query.Column 'operator' in where > clause is ambiguous > > I was hoping that since the tables are identical all I would need to do is > list the attribute values not have to append them to the table names. Is > there any way to do this? Perhaps with a setting in MySQL or a different > syntax (JOIN, UNION, ...)? If not are there available some canned code > snippets that build these types of strings from values passed in the $_POST > array. Thanks for any insights on this. --- Mike > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Stephen Wellington 07956 042387 01865 280000 ext 12438 wellingtonsteve@xxxxxxxxx steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx stephen.wellington@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
