Question

i’m here again to ask help regarding my problem with the view that i created.
On my tblEvents there 8 records but i created the view it only displays 3 records. I’am suspecting that the view doesn’t read a null value from my tblEvents. How do i fix this?alt text http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/143/vwevents.png

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SELECT dbo.tblUsers.UserID, 
           dbo.tblUsers.UserFirstName + ' UserLastName' AS Author, 
           dbo.tblUsers.UserLastName, 
           dbo.tblUsers.UserEmailAddress,
           dbo.tblEvents.EventID,
           dbo.tblEvents.EventName, 
           dbo.tblEvents.EventDescription, 
           dbo.tblEvents.EventVenue,
           dbo.tblEvents.EventDate, 
           dbo.tblEvents.AddedBy, 
           dbo.tblEvents.Pending, 
           dbo.tblEvents.DateAdded, 
           dbo.tblEvents.DateEditted, 
           dbo.tblUsers.UserName
  FROM dbo.tblUsers 
    JOIN dbo.tblEvents ON dbo.tblUsers.UserID = dbo.tblEvents.EdittedBy

Answer 1

I am assuming that if the record has not been edited, then you want to join on the AddedBy column. See below:

SELECT 
    u.UserID, 
    u.UserFirstName + ' UserLastName' AS Author, 
    u.UserLastName, 
    u.UserEmailAddress, 
    e.EventID,
    e.EventName, 
    e.EventDescription, 
    e.EventVenue, 
    e.EventDate, 
    e.AddedBy, 
    e.Pending, 
    e.DateAdded, 
    e.DateEditted, 
    u.UserName
FROM dbo.tblUsers u
INNER JOIN dbo.tblEvents e ON u.UserID = ISNULL(e.EdittedBy, e.AddedBy)