On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Hunter Hillegas wrote:
> I have 4 tables: releases, artist_info, categories, and formats.
>
> I am using this query:
>
> SELECT DISTINCT *, categories.category_name as category_name,
> categories.rec_num as category, formats.format_name as format_text,
> releases.rec_num as release_rec_num, artist_info.name as artist_name FROM
> releases, artist_info, formats, categories WHERE upper(releases.title) LIKE
> upper('%get%') OR upper(artist_info.name) LIKE upper('%get%') AND
> releases.artist_id = artist_info.rec_num AND releases.format =
> formats.rec_num AND releases.category = categories.rec_num AND
> releases.active_status = true ORDER BY title DESC;
>
> to search and join the tables...
>
> The intent is to search the releases table where title = %face% and the
> artist_info table where name = %face% and return only rows that match that.
>
> Somewhere my join is going wrong. The query is returning the results plus a
> release titled 'Face to Face' joined to every artist and every format.
>
> Where am I going wrong? It only occurs on searches where both the
> releases.title and artist_info.name match the search criteria.
I'd guess you want parentheses around the first two logical expressions
that are ORed together.