Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (pgman@s5-03.ppp.op.net [209.152.195.67]) by hub.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA74387 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:30:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.9.0/8.9.0) id OAA24600; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:29:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200004181829.OAA24600@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: Outer joins In-Reply-To: from "kaiq@realtyideas.com" at "Apr 18, 2000 12:54:14 pm" To: kaiq@realtyideas.com Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:29:48 -0400 (EDT) CC: "Michael S. Kelly" , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL72 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archive-Number: 200004/191 There is an FAQ item about it. > why it is a problem at all, if you use sql so long? outer join > can be easily simulated. > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Michael S. Kelly wrote: > > > I understand that outer joins are not supported in PostgreSQL. I'm just > > starting my first PostgreSQL project, and have to admit that this concerns > > me. Outer joins have come in handy, at some point, in almost every database > > project I've ever worked on. I guess I'd like to hear how you all work > > around this issue. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -=michael=- > > > > -- Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026