On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:44:52 -0700, Captain Paralytic wrote:
> On 3 Oct, 21:50, hans christian <christ...@notmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:58:20 -0700, Captain Paralytic wrote:
>> > On 3 Oct, 13:18, hans christian <christ...@notmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hello, I am trying to come up with a way to preform the same query
>> >> over a list of tables; of which the tablenames are stored in a ...
>> >> table.
>>
>> >> I have tried numerous ways but unfortunatly the column name is not
>> >> expanded or treated as the tablename in the outerquery. So I am
>> >> trying now with a subquery only to get caught in the alias mixer.
>> >> For example:
>>
>> >> mysql> SELECT open,high,low,close FROM (SELECT tablename FROM
>> >> properties); ERROR 1248 (42000): Every derived table must have its
>> >> own alias
>>
>> >> Is there a way to receive the list of tablenames and preform a
>> >> subquery within the same select statement ?
>>
>> >> If so I am going to keep searching for the answer using subquery
>> >> otherwise I will have to come up with something else.
>>
>> >> Thank you for any suggestions.
>>
>> >> Cheers,
>>
>> >> Hans.
>>
>> > I think you need a stored procedure
>>
>> Hmmm 2 bad 
>>
>> Anyway thank you for your answer !
>>
>> Hans.- Hide quoted text -
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> Why 2bad?
Because I'm lazy ...
Hans.