How to execute my SQL query in CodeIgniter
I have a problem with my query and I need to join two tables from different databases now my problem is how can I execute my query. I got my syntax format from here
Please visit first this link so you could understand why my SQL syntax is like this
http://www.x-developer.com/php-scripts/sql-connecting-multiple-databases-in-a-single-query
Im using CodeIgniter and here is an Idea of what my query looks like:
Notice the way I'm selecting my columns: DATABASE_NAME.TABLE_NAME.COLUMN_NAME
$ENROLLEES = $this->load->database('ENROLLEES', TRUE);
$ACCOUNTS = $this->load->database('ACCOUNTS', TRUE);
$SELECT = "SELECT $ACCOUNTS.BALANCES_TABLE.IDNO, $ACCOUNTS.BALANCES_TABLE.balance";
$FROM = "FROM $ACCOUNTS.BALANCES_TABLE";
$WHERE = "$ACCOUNTS.BALANCES_TABLE.IDNO IN (SELECT $ENROLLEES.ENROLLEES_TABLE.IDNO FROM $ENROLLEES.ENROLLEES_TABLE)";
$SQL = $SELECT ." ". $FROM ." ". $WHERE;
MAIN PROBLEM: How to Execute my query?
If we do like this in codeIgniter:
$ENROLLEES->query($SQL); or $ACCOUNTS->query($SQL);
How can I execute my query that Im having multiple databases? What will I provide here[database]->query($SQL);
?
$sql="Select * from my_table where 1";
$query = $this->db->query($SQL);
return $query->result_array();
If the databases share server, have a login that has priveleges to both of the databases, and simply have a query run similiar to:
$query = $this->db->query("
SELECT t1.*, t2.id
FROM `database1`.`table1` AS t1, `database2`.`table2` AS t2
");
Otherwise I think you might have to run the 2 queries separately and fix the logic afterwards.
I can see what @Þaw mentioned :
$ENROLLEES = $this->load->database('ENROLLEES', TRUE);
$ACCOUNTS = $this->load->database('ACCOUNTS', TRUE);
CodeIgniter supports multiple databases. You need to keep both database reference in separate variable as you did above. So far you are right/correct.
Next you need to use them as below:
$ENROLLEES->query();
$ENROLLEES->result();
and
$ACCOUNTS->query();
$ACCOUNTS->result();
Instead of using
$this->db->query();
$this->db->result();
See this for reference: http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/database/connecting.html