How can I make two queries in one?

Question

How can I make this two queries in one ?

$query = "SELECT * FROM `amb_prod` WHERE idAmbiente='".$ambId."';";
$result_set = mysql_query($query);

while($member = mysql_fetch_array($result_set)){
        $query2 = "SELECT * FROM `produto`, `pt` WHERE
        produto.refPT = pt.ref AND
        produto.refPT = $member['idProduto'] ;";
    $result_set2 = mysql_query($query2);
}

I have have tried this but it didn't work..

$query = "SELECT * FROM `produto`, `pt` WHERE
        produto.refPT = pt.ref AND
        produto.refPT = (SELECT `idProduto` FROM `amb_prod` WHERE idAmbiente='".$ambId.");";

Answer 1

This should work:

$query = "SELECT * FROM `produto`, `pt` WHERE
        produto.refPT = pt.ref AND
        produto.refPT IN (SELECT `idProduto` FROM `amb_prod` WHERE idAmbiente='".$ambId.");";

I'm not sure about the table structure, but a join may work as well.

Answer 2

With a join instead of subquery:

$query = "SELECT pr.*, pt.* 
FROM amb_prod ap 
JOIN producto pr ON (ap.idProduto = pr.refPT) 
JOIN pt ON (pr.refPT = pt.ref) 
WHERE idAmbiente='${ambId}'";

Answer 3

You cannot have two cursors open in the same connection the same time. You need to open a second connection. I would strongly advise against that though; issuing a query for every row read would be a bit slow. If I were you, I would do this:

SELECT pr.*, pt.*
FROM "produto" pr, "pt" pt, amb_prod ap
WHERE produto.refPT = pt.ref
AND ap.idAmbiente = $ambId
AND produto.refPT = ap.idProduto

Ideally, you would convert this to a parametrized query, for security , maintainabilty and performance resons. I'm not sure how it is done in PHP but the MySQLi_STMT class looks like a good starting point:

Answer 4

SELECT * FROM produto , pt , amb_prod WHERE produto.refPT = pt.ref AND produto.refPT = amb_prod.idProduto AND amb_prod.idAmbiente='".$ambId."' ;

Based on the data, you may have to use distinct in the select clause