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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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Bruno,

> My suggestion:
> SELECT t3.id, coalesce(t1.name, t2.name), t1.abbreviation,
>   coalesce(t1.juris_id, t2.juris_id) from
>   (t3 left join t1 using (id)) left join t2 using (id);

Cool!   I didn't think of that.   I'll give it a try.

-Josh