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detlion1643
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Posted - 02/26/2013 :  13:36:45  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I've done this using multiple temp tables before, but having to select every field by name out of temp tables just to make a new temp table with 1 field different is quite obnoxious. I'm wondering if there is a way to do this without temp tables?

Basically, I'm looking to select a value from 1 table based off a value from the original select. It's probably so easy however my brain must be fried or something...

SELECT f1, f2, f3... *f7*, f8 ...
FROM TableName
WHERE Criteria

*f7* = a value from another table based on f7 (SELECT name FROM Table2 WHERE Value = 'f7' AND Name = 'SomeName').
The original f7 that is used in the where clause is NOT a primary key or even foreign key. The 'f7' and 'SomeName' make the returned 'name' unique.

Edit - Adding that there is NO relationships or anything to use for Joins between TableName and Table2.
Edited by - detlion1643 on 02/26/2013 13:39:53

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

India
47101 Posts
Posted - 02/26/2013 :  22:45:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
you can still use join. join does not require columns to be linked by foreign key constraint or being a primary key

SELECT t1.f1, t1.f2, t1.f3... t2.*f7*, t1.f8 ...
FROM TableName t1
INNER JOIN Table2 t2
ON t2.Value = t1.f7
AND t2.Name='SoameName'
WHERE Criteria


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detlion1643
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Posted - 02/27/2013 :  08:43:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Wow, never knew you could join with "critera clauses". I've only ever done it with a single t1.key = t2.key setup. Works awesome, thank you so much!
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visakh16
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Posted - 02/27/2013 :  23:10:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
welcome

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