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Clean Up resets the
database to contain
a few sensible
records.

Person Table
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SELECT book.book_title, book.accession_num, person.title, person.first_name, person.last_name, person.person_id, loan.person_id, loan.accession_num, loan.return_date FROM person, book, loan WHERE person.person_id = loan.person_id AND book.accession_num = loan.accession_num

RESULTS

Ms Mary Jane borrowed Jack Holborn due for return on 2005-01-30.

Mr Fred Bloggs borrowed Chapter House Dune due for return on 2005-01-28.

Mr John Doe borrowed The Hollow Hills due for return on 2005-01-05.

Code Listing : loanSelect3.php

<?php
  require "../MySQL_Login.php";    // Contains host, username, password, and database
  $link   = mysql_connect($host, $user, $password) or die(mysql_error());
  mysql_select_db ($database) or die(mysql_error());
  $sql = 
"SELECT 
  book.book_title, 
  book.accession_num,
  person.title,
  person.first_name, 
  person.last_name,
  person.person_id,
  loan.person_id,
  loan.accession_num,
  loan.return_date
FROM 
  person, book, loan
WHERE
  person.person_id = loan.person_id
AND
  book.accession_num = loan.accession_num";
  
  $result = mysql_query($sql, $link) or die(mysql_error());
  mysql_close($link);
?>

<html>
<head>
<title>COMPLEX SELECT STATEMENT</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
  
<?php
  include "nav.php";
  echo"<font size=\"+2\"><b><pre>$sql</pre></b></font>";
?>

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
  <tr>
    <td>
      <b>RESULTS</b>
    </td>
  </tr>
<?php 
  while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) 
  {
    echo "  <tr>\n";
    echo "    <td>";
    echo $row['title']       . " ";
    echo $row['first_name']  . " ";
    echo $row['last_name']   . " borrowed ";
    echo $row['book_title']  . " due for return on ";
    echo $row['return_date'] . ".";
    echo "    </td>\n";
    echo "  </tr>\n";
  }
?>

</table>

<?php
  include "dump.php";
  dump_page(basename($_SERVER[SCRIPT_FILENAME]));  // Display the code of this page
?>

</body>
</html>