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Posted by Captain Paralytic on 12/21/07 11:24
On 21 Dec, 11:18, Tarscher <tarsc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 21 dec, 12:12, Captain Paralytic <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > On 21 Dec, 10:52,Tarscher<tarsc...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On 21 dec, 11:45, Captain Paralytic <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > On 21 Dec, 10:36,Tarscher<tarsc...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > On 21 dec, 11:13, Captain Paralytic <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > On 21 Dec, 08:43,Tarscher<tarsc...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > > Hi all,
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> > > > > > > I have events containing attendees (events has many attendees). The
> > > > > > > attendee table tells whether a user will attend the event or not. I
> > > > > > > want to build a query that returns all the different events to a user
> > > > > > > and if he will attend the event or not (or hasn't filled it in yet)
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> > > > > > > the returned result could be something like:
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> > > > > > > event.id attendees.user_id attendee.present
> > > > > > > 1 1 0
> > > > > > > 2 1
> > > > > > > 3 1 1
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> > > > > > > Please note that attendee.present can be null if the user didn't yet
> > > > > > > tell if he would come to the event.
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> > > > > > > Can this be done?
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> > > > > > > thanks
> > > > > > > Stijn
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> > > > > > And this has what to do with php?
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> > > > > > You would be better to ask this in a database group.
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> > > > > > However some questions:
> > > > > > If a user is querying the database to find if he will be attending the
> > > > > > event, why does his own ID need to be present in the output?
> > > > > > How does the attendee's id get into the table against an event in the
> > > > > > first place?
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> > > > > I indeed don't need the user_id since it is stored in the session. It
> > > > > was just to clarify that the query need to return 1 user.
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> > > > > Via the session the user_id stored in the session.
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> > > > > Regards
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> > > > I don't understand how
> > > > "Via the session the user_id stored in the session."
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> > > > answers the question
> > > > "How does the attendee's id get into the table against an event in the
> > > > first place?"
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> > > sorry, a typo
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> > > INSERT INTO attendee (event_id, user_id) VALUES ($event_id,
> > > session['user_id'])
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> > > I get the event_id via the url since the user does this per event.
> > > eg
> > > event1: 'will attend' 'will not attend'
> > > event2: 'will attend' 'will not attend'
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> > > The 'will attend' and 'will not attend' links point to the sql query
> > > inserting in attendee
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> > > I hope this helps
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> > No, that is not what I mean.
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> > You have a table attendee which contains events. Personally I would
> > have an events table to contain the events.
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> > Now you tell us that the attendee table has events and attendees and
> > it is possible for an attendee to say that they will not attend the
> > event. I have to say that someone who will not attend an event will by
> > definition not be an attendee!
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> > My question is, if for some reason you have all your events listed in
> > the attendee table and the attendee has not put in there a record
> > saying that he will or will not attend the event, how did the record
> > with the event id and attendee id get in the table in the first place?
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> I have an event table and attendee table (events has many attendees).
> The event_id in attendee points to the key of the event table.
> event table: id, name, time
> attendee table, id, user_id, event_id, present
Things aren't as stated in your first post.
However you STILL haven't answered my question.
How does an attendeed get an entry in the attendee table against a
particular event? You have suggested that the entry can be there
before the prospective attendee has looked at the table, so HOW did it
getthere?
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