advice needed

Collapse
This topic is closed.
X
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • Bob Bedford

    advice needed

    My main articles fields points to various table's fields.

    Those tables where the main article's field point to are filled by an
    outside company. Often the table is dropped then filled again.

    Now, as the records coming from the outside company aren't filled with all
    kind of value, I must find a way to add values to point at, but not in the
    table coming from outside.

    for example:

    mytable.idmodel points to theirtable.idmo del

    When I retrieve the fields I've a inner join

    select ...
    from mytable inner join theirtable on mytable.idmodel = theirtable.idmo del.

    Now, if I create a newtable where I create the missing records in
    theirtable, how to link then the tables ? I want to avoid to create many
    queries and then put the result together.

    Should I create an other field mytable.myidmod el pointing to
    mymodeltable.my idmodel or may I use the mytable.idmodel to point to
    mymodeltable.my idmodel.

    I aren't advanced enough in mysql to know how to do so.

    Bob


Working...