Re: SQL Syntax / Logic question

To help you understand SQL I should point out that your version would
work (assuming only 1 school per person) if you just left the friends
out of the FROMs for the sub-selects:-

select frienda, friendb from friends where 
(select schools.school from schools as schoolsa where friends.frienda =
schools.person) = 
(select schools.school from schools as schoolsb where friends.friendb =
schools.person);

This is because the only thing that the sub-selects need to know from
friends is the person to retrieve for, and that comes from the WHERE
clauses.


Although what Josh said is correct, and his is a better solution as it
can cope with the 2+ schools per person problem.

Josh Berkus wrote:
> 
snip...
> Mike,
> 
> > select frienda, friendb from friends where (select
> > schools.school from friends,schools where friends.frienda =
> > schools.person) = (select schools.school from friends,schools where
> > friends.friendb = schools.person);
> 
> Too complicated.  You need to learn how to use JOINS and table aliases
> (or find yourself some friends who know SQL!):
> 
> SELECT friends.frienda, friends.friendb
> FROM friends JOIN schools schoola ON friends.frienda = schoola.person
>         JOIN schools schoolb ON friends.friendb = schoolb.person
> WHERE schoola.school = schoolb.school
> 
> and, if it's possible that any particular person went to more than one
> school, add:
> 
> GROUP BY frienda, friendb
> 
> Simple, neh?
> 
> -Josh
snip..

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