Posted by Paul Lautman on 02/08/07 20:57

Kenoli wrote:
> On Feb 8, 2:00 am, "Captain Paralytic" <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> If the results are linked by a common column then query using a JOIN
>> between the tables thus:
>>
>> SELECT *
>> FROM table1
>> JOIN table2 USING(person_id)
>> WHERE .....
>>
>> Then all your results are in single rows based on person_id
>
> This sounds exactly what I would like to do but haven't been able to
> get to work. Here is the query based on your format applied to my
> tables with the php code:
>
> $query = "SELECT * FROM tbl_person JOIN tbl_contact_info USING
> (person_id) WHERE person_id = '5' OR person_id = '6';";
>
> $result = mysql_query ($query);
>
> if (!$result) {echo "<br/><br/>You screwed up!";} else {echo
> "<br/><br/
>> You succeeded!<br/><br/>";}
>
> The result is: "You screwed up!"
>
> What am I not getting????
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Kenoli

Is person_id a string or a number?

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