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    Question Joining two tables with two join criteria using a query, return wrong result

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    I'm having a bit of difficulty wrapping my head around some queries that I need joined correctly to each other, in order to get the correct result.

    Basically I got a database with a sewage network in it, the network has manholes with IDs and pipes with IDs. Each manhole and pipe has a unique ID. A pipe consists of an upstream and downstream manhole, each with separate IDs.
    Example: Manhole 1 (ID: M1) Manhole 2 (ID: M2) makes a Pipe (ID: P1) consisting of upstream ID M1 and downstream ID M2.

    The problem occurs when several pipes are in one manhole, which is defined as the upstream manhole for several of the pipes. Then it returns the correct manhole IDs but the wrong pipeID, as it is linked to the upstreamnode (where as I would like for it to check for both upstream and downstream in order to have the correct pipe ID)

    It's a bit hard to explain, but made a paint drawing the tries to illustrate what I mean and the result I get.

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    Any hints to how I can correctly join this together would be much appreciated. I can't change the tablestructure, as it is linked to a program.
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    The above query gave an error, tried doing two different queries, and now I get half a result. It doesn't duplicate the pipeID, instead it just returns blank.
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    How do you describe your business? For example, Pipe 40 upstream has Manholes 1,14,35,64.... ?
    Are all Pipes identified as Upstream and Downstream?
    Can a manhole be associated with more than 1 pipe?
    Is it possible that a pipe can be both upstream and downstream?
    Do you have other identifiers for manholes (lat/Long)?

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    Quote Originally Posted by orange View Post
    How do you describe your business? For example, Pipe 40 upstream has Manholes 1,14,35,64.... ?
    Are all Pipes identified as Upstream and Downstream?
    Can a manhole be associated with more than 1 pipe?
    Is it possible that a pipe can be both upstream and downstream?
    Do you have other identifiers for manholes (lat/Long)?
    Thanks for the reply

    All pipes are defined with one UpstreamManholeID (OpstroemKnudeID) and a DownstreamManholeID (NedstroemKnudeID) (Knude table = manhole). Each ID is unique, as is the Pipe ID (Ledning table)

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    A manhole can be associated with several pipes, as the manhole may have several pipes entering it.
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    A manhole can be both upstream and downstream, see in the Ledning table ID 8 10 40, where the downstream is 9 in the first and downstream in the other two.

    Not that are usable I think, as everything needs to be linked to the IDs. But for some there is a coordinate set, but not everyone.

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    Not sure if subqueries are possible in relation to my problem? Still hopelessly stuck on this.

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