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Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 08:01:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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Subject: Re: Left join syntax error
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On Sat, 18 May 2024, Ray O'Donnell wrote:

> You need to include the alias for the table also - see "...from companies as 
> c..." in Shammat's example.

Ray,

That didn't work:
bustrac-# FROM people as p, companies as c
bustrac-# LEFT JOIN companies as c ON c.company_nbr = p.company_nbr;
ERROR:  table name "c" specified more than once

so I tried only the alias on the join line:
bustrac-# LEFT JOIN c ON c.company_nbr = p.company_nbr;
ERROR:  relation "c" does not exist
LINE 3: LEFT JOIN c ON c.company_nbr = p.company_nbr;
                   ^
and that didn't work either.

Thanks,

Rich