Optimise two mysql queries to one query

From: Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:12:24 +0000
Subject: Optimise two mysql queries to one query
Groups: php.general 
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Hello, $a = mysql_query("Select a,b FROM t WHERE category=1") while($a) { $x = $a[a]; //some echo //another query $b = mysql_query("Select * FROM t WHERE subcategory=$x") while ($b) { //some echo } } Point is that I have menus, parents with childes (childes are not parents) and I want to display them using only one query. - Parent 1 -- Child 1 -- Child 2 - Patent 2 -- Child 3 Child have subid that is parent id. TNX -- Please do not CC me.

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