Dear Kranthi You have to be clear what you decide especially when you are getting multiple rows. To get just a single row you can use LIMIT clause. But it would return only one row. Now you have to decide which row. So i think you decide on what you require and see how can you uniquely identify that row ============ regds amit "The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense." On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Kranthi Krishna <kranthi117@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi, > > The examples I saw were regarding cartesian join not inner join. I > will read about inner joins. Also, the example i mentioned seems to be > a mistake. Both school and type will not be similar at the same time > > > Kranthi. > http://goo.gl/e6t3 > > > > On 1 March 2012 09:26, Kranthi Krishna <kranthi117@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Thanks for the input. I have seen some tutorials on joins, they all > > suggest that MySql returns multiple rows > > > > For example > > -------------------------- > > School | Board 1 > > -------------------------- > > School | Board 1 > > ------------------------- > > > > Now if I have another one-to-many relation > > > > ----------------------------------- > > School | Board 1 | Type 1 > > ----------------------------------- > > School | Board 1 | Type 2 > > ----------------------------------- > > School | Board 2 | Type 1 > > ----------------------------------- > > School | Board 2 | Type 2 > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Using UNIQUE or something similar (like php.net/array_search ) causes > > problems when Type 1 = Type 2 etc. > > > > Kranthi. > > http://goo.gl/e6t3 > > > > > > > > On 29 February 2012 19:43, Michael Stowe <mikegstowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Select table1.item1, table2.item1 from table1 inner join table2 on > table1.key = table2.foreignKey Where... > >> > >> You can also utilize left and right join to get data if there isn't a > direct match (ie customer may not have ordered anything so you want to do a > left join on orders as there may not be any order data but you still want > to get the customer info). > >> > >> Hope that helps, > >> Mike > >> > >> > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On Feb 29, 2012, at 8:01 AM, Kranthi Krishna <kranthi117@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> Say I have an object like > >>> > >>> array > >>> schoolName => string > >>> board => array > >>> string > >>> string > >>> > >>> I generally create two MySql tables > >>> > >>> schools: id PRIMARY KEY, SchoolName > >>> boards: id FOREGIN KEY refers Table A(id), board > >>> > >>> and then do two selects. The problem is that, the number of selects > >>> increase as the number of one-to-many relationships increase. > >>> > >>> Is there a better way to do this ? I have to extend an existing code > >>> so I cannot use any libraries like doctrine > >>> > >>> Kranthi. > >>> http://goo.gl/e6t3 > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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 > >
