Plz Help in OGR and MYSQL

[Frank Warmerdam]

grabiel wrote:
>         connectiontype ogr
>         connection "n_state.shp"
>         DATA "SELECT * from nsdata left join 'MYSQL:test,   
>     host=localhost, user=root'.nsdata ON n_state.st_nm=nsdata.name"
>  END
> END
>

Grabriel,

I think you want:

SELECT * from n_state LEFT JOIN ...

The n_state player (from the shapefile) is the primary table.

You should be able to test the left join from ogrinfo as well using
the -sql command option.

Best regards,
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