select a common value

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in my database there are two tables category_table and sub_category table.
category table- id,categoryname,category status
subcategory table=id,subcategory_name,category id,subcategory_status

now i want to display the category_name which should have id as categoryid using ms access.

Posted 1-Jul-13 3:23am

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Updated 1-Jul-13 3:24am

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Prasad Khandekar 1-Jul-13 9:26am

Not very clear. If you just want to display category_name for an id then it's going to be s simple select on category table with a where clause.

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Pradeep_Kumar_Verma 1-Jul-13 9:43am

Hi,
try this query.

select * from category_table ,sub_category where category_table.id = sub_category.Category_id

Tricube 2-Jul-13 0:37am

shows an eror 'type mismatch in expression'

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2013-07-01T03:36:00

Solution 1

Try:

SQL

SELECT categoryname FROM categoryTable WHERE id=666

Posted 1-Jul-13 3:36am

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bunzitop · Answer 2 · 2013-07-01T03:40:00

Solution 2

as much i have understood your question u have two tables and u want to show the data from second table whose id is in first table too, is it?? if yes you can do it simply

SELECT category_name FROM SubCategory a IINER JOIN Category b ON a.ID = b.ID

Posted 1-Jul-13 3:40am

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Tricube 2-Jul-13 0:33am

shows an error 'from'

bunzitop 11-Jul-13 2:27am

SELECT category_name FROM SubCategory a INNER JOIN Category b ON a.ID = b.ID

USE IT
previously there was IINER in place of INNER