HI, In mysql, I have 2 tables friends, my_page. friends -------- id int(11) username char(40) person char(40) type enum('Friend','Blocked') id username person type ------------------------------------------------------ 13 king_nothing Musechild Friend 587 MrRogue ammo Friend 17 Honey MrRogue Friend my_page -------- id int(11) username varchar(30) page_owner varchar(30) date_posted datetime text text id username page_owner text date ------------------------------------------------------------ 4 Honey MrRogue PHP 2010-06-11 12:30:18 5 ammo MrRogue java 2010-06-08 10:54:52 6 mobster ammo both 2010-06-12 21:20:14 7 ammo Wizkid wrong 2010-06-12 21:39:29 8 Honey ammo show 2010-06-12 22:28:52 friends table tells freinds of each member, say MrRogue is friend of ammo, Honey.Note that MrRogue can come in either username/person field, not necessarily to be in username field. Now I want rows from my_page where my_page.username, my_page.page_owner both are friends of MrRogue, like 8 Honey ammo show 2010-06-12 22:28:52 Thanks in advance!!!! Regards
Something like this? SELECT * FROM my_page WHERE username IN ( SUBQUERY1 ) AND page_owner IN ( SUBQUERY1 ) Code (markup): where SUBQUERY1 is SELECT username FROM friends WHERE person = "MrRogue" UNION SELECT person FROM friends WHERE username = "MrRogue" Code (markup):