oh and i just noticed u want to select the 'type_id' twice... i assume from each table SO u need to...
SELECT table1.type_id AS t1_type_id, table2.type_id AS t2_type_id FROM t1, t2 use the 'AS' function it helps with a lot of headache later... trying to figure out y u get the wrong index ! Joel "Alawi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > SELECT type_id, type_name, cont_id, type_id, cont_title, cat_id, cat_name > FROM cont_data, cont_cats, cont_types > WHERE contdata.cont_id = $cont_id > AND cont_data.type_id = cont_types.type_id > AND cont_data.cat_id = cont_cats.cat_id > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php