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Need help with MYSQL JOIN query

Discussion in 'MySQL' started by Dakuipje, Mar 4, 2010.

  1. #1
    Ok I need some help. I never really used JOIN in my programming but nog im forced to do so or else I would get a lot of double information.

    I have 2 tables:

    Genre:
    id
    genre
    Movieid
    
    Movies
    id  (sames as movieid in the genre table)
    lot of inforows
    Code (markup):
    I need a query that selects info out of the Movies table but I need to sort it by genre (which is in the genre table).
    I tried this:

    $query = "SELECT *
    				  FROM movies
    				  JOIN genres
    				  ON genres.movieid=movies.id
    				  WHERE genres.genre='$this->search'";
    Code (markup):
    But it turns out empty. What am I doing wrong and what should I do ????

    Thnx in advance !
     
    Dakuipje, Mar 4, 2010 IP
  2. hireme

    hireme Member

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    #2
    I think you need to rewrite your php code to something like this
    
    $query = "SELECT *
    				  FROM movies
    				  JOIN genres
    				  ON genres.movieid=movies.id
    				  WHERE genres.genre='".$this->search."'";
    
    Code (markup):
     
    hireme, Mar 4, 2010 IP
  3. Dakuipje

    Dakuipje Peon

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    #3
    Nope that didnt work ....
     
    Dakuipje, Mar 7, 2010 IP
  4. killaklown

    killaklown Well-Known Member

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    #4
    
    $query = "SELECT *
    				  FROM movies
    				  LEFT JOIN genres
    				  ON movies.id = genres.movieid
    				  WHERE genres.genre='$this->search'";
    
    Code (markup):
    if it isnt working, what is the error you are getting?


    EDIT: is it genres or genre? your sql had genres but you say your table name is genre
     
    killaklown, Mar 7, 2010 IP
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  5. Dakuipje

    Dakuipje Peon

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    I spoke to soon it doesnt work. For a second I thought it did but a refresh learned me that I was viewing a cache version.
    Its not in the word genres, I checked the databases match.

    Please help as im lost here. First time I use JOIN and it goes horribly wrong, lol

    EDIT: I got it working, thnx for the help everyone
     
    Last edited: Mar 10, 2010
    Dakuipje, Mar 10, 2010 IP