Question

Ok. So I have a table called jos_sobi2_fields_data that contains multiple fids and sections. For example the baseDate from fid=36 contains “Names” and the baseData from fid=39 contains “Addresses” I need to write a query that is going to select data from jos_sobi2_fields_data and put the Names in one column and the address in one beside it. So far I’ve tried

Select baseDate 
from jos_sobi2_fields_data 
WHERE fid=36 
and section = 54; 
UNION ALL 
Select baseData 
from jos_sobi2_fields_data 
WHERE fid=39 
AND section = 54;

But when I query this it just lists the baseData from fid=36 first and then under it, it lists the baseData from fid=39. So how do I get it two separate the two into separate columns beside eachother?

P.S. The section is just regarding information from one specific website, so another website might be section = 52.

Answer 1

You should just use a join… something like this maybe:

SELECT jsfdName.baseData AS Name, jsfdAddr.baseData as Address
FROM jos_sobi2_fields_data AS jsfdName
JOIN jos_sobi2_fields_data AS jsfdAddr USING( section, sid )
WHERE jsfdName.fid = 36 AND jsfdAddr.fid = 39
    AND section = <section>

Replace <section> with the section number (or a prepared statement placeholder, even better).