using where and inner join in mysql

sgi picture sgi · Sep 8, 2009 · Viewed 155.2k times · Source

I have three tables.

locations

ID   | NAME | TYPE |
1    | add1 | stat |
2    | add2 | coun | 
3    | add3 | coun |
4    | add4 | coun | 
5    | add5 | stat | 

schools

 ID | NAME  
 1  | sch1     
 2  | sch2
 3  |sch3 

school_locations

 ID |LOCATIONS_ID |SCHOOL_ID
 1  | 1           |1
 2  | 2           |2
 3  | 3           |3

Here the table locations contains all the locations of the application.Locations for school are called by ID's.

when i use the query

select locations.name from locations where type="coun";

it displays names with type "coun"

But I want to display locations.name where only school_locations have type="coun"

i tried following queries, but none seems to be working

select locations.name 
from locations 
where type="coun" 
inner join school_locations 
   on locations.id=school_locations.location_id 
inner join schools 
   on school_locations.school.id=schools.id;

and

select locations.name 
from locations 
inner join school_locations 
   on locations.id=school_locations.location_id 
inner join schools 
   on school_locations.school.id=schools.id  where type="coun";

is it possible to use multiple inner joins in queries, or is there another way?

Answer

knittl picture knittl · Sep 8, 2009
    SELECT `locations`.`name`
      FROM `locations`
INNER JOIN `school_locations`
        ON `locations`.`id` = `school_locations`.`location_id`
INNER JOIN `schools`
        ON `school_locations`.`school_id` = `schools_id`
     WHERE `type` = 'coun';

the WHERE clause has to be at the end of the statement