How to write this query?

[Hmongkeysauce]

Let's say I have a table name Course. For simplicity, a simplified structure is below:

course_num | name | prereq_course_num

Prereq_course_num is a foreign key referencing Course(course_num).
What would the query look like if I wanted to get the course name, and the name of its pre-req. Note that a course may have only one prereq, but obviously, more than one course may have the same prereq.

 

[Markbnj]

Something like "select a.name, b.name from Course a left outer join Course b where a.prereq_course_num = b.course_num"

 

[KLin]

prereq courses should be in a child table IMO to allow you to have multiple prereqs for a single course. Just an observation .