Unions should work. Make sure that the field names and data
types match
between tables, otherwise you may have to do some creative
SQL to add
emtpy fields to some tables and modify data types for others.
proxim00 wrote:
> Hi everyone, I have been trying to figure this out all
day and nothing seems to
> work. So this is the situation, I have a site that will
have multiple tables
> for each product category, this was done because I am
useing a script to upload
> xls docs and insert them into the DB, anyhow I want to
creat a search for the
> site. My problem is how would I be able to search all
the tables and return the
> results?
>
> So I have table1 - 5 right each one needs to be searched
for keyword of say
> "gem stone" and then return the results Im assuming with
one query. I have
> tried to do Full join, Unions etc but none of them seem
to work right. I had
> some success with Full Join but when I tried to add in
additional tables it
> crapped out on me. I don't need a where clase just need
to grab the records in
> a view them query it from the code. I guess my real
question is what should I
> use to do this?
>
> Once I know what way to approch it I think I should be
fine but for the life
> of me I cant get it working
>
> Thanks for any help you all can give
>
>
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