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Simple SQL Query

From: Vishwa Gaddamanugu <vpg0002_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 8 Jul 2002 17:35:04 -0700
Message-ID: <d7dcf3c6.0207081635.68ad6835@posting.google.com>


I am performing the following query and running into problems:

Table:

ID	New Name	PrevID
=====	==============	======
1	Old A
2	Old B		
3	Old C
4	Old D
5	Old E
6	New A		1
7	New B		2
8	New C		3
9	New D		4
10	New E		5

Query:
SELECT movies.ID, movies.new_name "New Name", mov.new_name "Prev Name"   FROM movies, movies mov
 WHERE movies.ID = mov.ID
   AND movies.PrevID Is Not Null;

Result:

ID	New Name	Prev Name

===== ============== =========
6 New A New A 7 New B New B 8 New C New C 9 New D New D 10 New E New E

Result Wanted:

ID	New Name	Prev Name

===== ============== =========
6 New A Old A 7 New B Old B 8 New C Old C 9 New D Old D 10 New E Old E

Can some kind soul point out how to tackle this problem?

Thanks
VeeGee Received on Mon Jul 08 2002 - 19:35:04 CDT

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