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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: curly braces to group outer joins in queries from OpenOffice.org?
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:39:52 -0500
Message-ID: <111.1068561592@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <24750000.1068552259@rambutan.pingpong.net>
References: <24750000.1068552259@rambutan.pingpong.net>

Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> writes:
> I just tried using openoffice to create a SQL query, but it failed when I 
> tried using left outer joins. The contructed query from OO contains curly 
> braces to group things. I've never seen this construct before.

The SQL standard has never heard of it, either.  Parentheses would be
correct here.

			regards, tom lane



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