A CGI::Application based app that I'm developing for a client uses the following query: 
SELECT FirstName, LastName, PhoneNumber, members.MemberID AS MemberID
FROM members
LEFT JOIN phone_numbers ON 
(
members.MemberID=phone_numbers.MemberID
AND phone_numbers.PhoneNumberID IN (SELECT MIN(PhoneNumberID) FROM pho
+ne_numbers GROUP BY MemberID)
)
WHERE Verified=1
ORDER BY LastName, FirstName, members.MemberID;

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Unfortunately, their host is using MySQL 4.0, which doesn't support subqueries (subqueries were introduced in MySQL 4.1). Can this query be rewritten as a single query without subqueries, or should I take some of the logic out of the query and rewrite it in Perl?

In reply to Query rewriting question by Anonymous Monk

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