Running into a small problem with joins.
My category navigation is built through a query like this
Code:
<cfquery name="categories" datasource="#dsn#"> SELECT * FROM tblCategory ORDER BY categoryname ASC </cfquery>
Now, I want to display next to the category the number of stories that particular category has in it.
Hence, this.
Code:
<cfoutput query="categories"> <li><a href="type-choose.cfm?cate
I tried doing this
Code:
<cfquery name="categories" datasource="#dsn#"> SELECT c.categoryname, c.categoryID, s.storyID FROM tblCategory as c LEFT OUTER JOIN tblstory as s ON c.categoryID = s.categoryID ORDER BY categoryname ASC </cfquery>
but that obviously didn't work. I tried LEFT INNER JOIN and INNER JOIN, and both gave me not the numbers I am looking for.
tblstory has a field called categoryID. and then tblcategory has 2 fields, categoryID and categoryname.
I just want to list down my page all the categories from that table. And then , next to each name, display the number of stories that are IN that category.
Whats wrong with my query.
Thanks
any help is appreciated.
Thanks
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I ended up using this
select c.categoryID
, categoryname
, count(s.storyID) as stories
from tblcategory as c
left outer
join tblstory as s
on c.categoryID
= s.categoryID
group
by c.categoryID
, categoryname
order
by categoryname asc
But I am going to go ahead and give you the 50 points.
Thanks for the response.
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by: sigmaconPosted on 2004-10-23 at 22:55:19ID: 12391721
Try this query to get categories and and the story count. Instead of trying to print #RecordCount# you need to print #numberOfStories# when <cfoutput>ting the query
SELECT
c.categoryname,
c.categoryID,
(SELECT count(s.storyID) FROM tblstory as s WHERE c.categoryID = s.categoryID) as numberOfStories
FROM tblCategory as c
ORDER BY categoryname ASC