How to select order data from the database?

I'm trying to create a query that will allow me to retrieve all active orders, their order products, and pricing information. I can seem to find what would amount to an "order items" table in the database. I suspect that the order product/item information is buried in the tblorders.orderdata column, but I don't know for sure.

I know I can retrieve this information from the API by calling Get Clients Products, but that doesn't meet my technical requirements. That being a SQL query to be executed on an interval to extract this data.

Can someone please help me figure out how to select this data?

Thanks in advance.

Doug

The API would be easier to do indeed. Why does the API not meet your tech requirements? Have you looked at Get Orders http://docs.whmcs.com/API:Get_Orders ?

SQL form would be like:

select * from tblorders left join tblhosting on tblhosting.orderid = tblorders.id where tblorders.status ='Active';