[thelist] Sql join problem

[Les Lytollis]

Bit rusty on mySQL sysntax, but generally you only need to SELECT one
side of the field in the join condition, define the JOIN type and
specify a JOIN CONDITION.  

SELECT members.member_id 
FROM members 
INNER JOIN profile 
ON profile.member_id = members.member_id

WHERE profile.category_id = '1'
AND profile.content = 'blah' 
AND (members.username LIKE '%party%'
	OR members.email_address LIKE '%party%') 
LIMIT 0, 12

I am a little confused by your requirement though, you say you want the
statement to select the member_id from *either* the profile or members
table - does this mean that you don't want only those that match in both
tables?

If you want to "merge" the results from two dfferent tables. Look at
UNION

>Not sure what i'm doing wrong with my join in mysql.
>
>so that statement should select the 'member_id' from either 
>the profile or members tables where the username or 
>email_address columns are LIKE %party% and where the 
>'category_id' and 'content' match up. limit of 12 for display.
>



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