SQL (this AND that), OR (that AND theOther)

[Roger Eller]

John - Essentially, the queries are like this:  If there are 13 pair of
'AND' criteria, I would expect 13 rows of data to be returned.  The user
can exist multiple times, but each car is unique.  In fact, car could be a
unique number like a VIN.

My goal is to submit only 1 query, built from a list of (user AND car), and
get back 1 row for each pair.  I'm not locked in to using OR if there is a
better way.

SELECT * FROM myDatabase WHERE
 ((user = 'Joe') AND (car = 'Ford')) OR
 ((user = 'Joe') AND (car = 'Chevy')) OR
 ((user = 'John') AND (car = 'Ford')) OR
 ((user = 'John') AND (car = 'Chevy')) OR
 ((user = 'John') AND (car = 'Kia')) OR
 ((user = 'John') AND (car = 'Smart')) OR
 ((user = 'John') AND (car = 'Volkswagon')) OR
 ((user = 'John') AND (car = 'Honda')) OR
 ((user = 'John') AND (car = 'Hyundai')) OR
 ((user = 'John') AND (car = 'Dodge')) OR
 ((user = 'John') AND (car = 'Saturn')) OR
 ((user = 'Jim') AND (car = 'BMW')) OR
 ((user = 'Jim') AND (car = 'Jaguar'))
ORDER BY car DESC

~Roger


On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 5:34 PM, John Craig <john at splash21.com> wrote:

> For clarity, can you post the entire query?
>
>
>
> On 08/10/2013 21:52, Roger Eller wrote:
>
>>   Having some SQL query troubles...  I need to get results from a long
>> list
>> in a single query, BUT there are pairs of fields that must match.  Every
>> pair is a unique pair, aka no duplicates.  If my list contains 50 pair
>> that
>> are unique, I may only get 30 returned rows, but I need all 50.
>>
>> This is what I've tried, but SQL strips away my outer parens, making my
>> AND
>> less binding for the pair.
>>
>> WHERE
>>        ((user = 'Joe') AND (car = 'Ford')) OR
>>        ((user = 'John') AND (car = 'Chevy')) OR
>>        ((user = 'Jim') AND (car = 'Kia')) OR
>>        ((user = 'Jim') AND (car = 'Smart'))
>>
>> ~Roger
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