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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Tyler Kellen <sleekcode@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: SUM not matching up on a JOIN
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:51:53 -0400
Message-ID: <11414.1130359913@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <edc66ef00510261048w345cfa9fp13c69b3fc33dd301@mail.gmail.com>
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Tyler Kellen <sleekcode@gmail.com> writes:
> Why is my discount total different when I
> left join the trans table to the totals?

Are you sure that trans_item.trans_id is unique and accounts for all the
existing values of trans.id?  I don't see any unique index or foreign
key constraints in your \d output, so the database isn't enforcing that
condition for you ...

			regards, tom lane



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