Received: from localhost (maia-4.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E5289FBAA0 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:19:27 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26148-05 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:19:23 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from svr4.postgresql.org (svr4.postgresql.org [66.98.251.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCDA39FB8DE for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:19:23 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.3 Received: from smadev.internal.net (host3.dynacom.ondsl.gr [62.103.35.211]) by svr4.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 786665AF861 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:19:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smadev.internal.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smadev.internal.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l5Q7JHob063848 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:19:17 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) Received: by smadev.internal.net (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l5Q7JHYE063847 for pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:19:17 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) From: Achilleas Mantzios Organization: Dynacom Tankers Mgmt To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: yet another simple SQL question Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:19:16 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <467FFEF9.5050603@joshuaneil.com> <4680B4CB.1010404@herakles.homelinux.org> In-Reply-To: <4680B4CB.1010404@herakles.homelinux.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-7" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706261019.17026.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.037 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL=-0.099, BAYES_50=0.001, FORGED_RCVD_HELO=0.135 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200706/211 X-Sequence-Number: 28701 =D3=F4=E9=F2 =D4=F1=DF=F4=E7 26 =C9=EF=FD=ED=E9=EF=F2 2007 09:40, =EF/=E7 J= ohn Summerfield =DD=E3=F1=E1=F8=E5: > Joshua wrote: > > Ok, > > > > You guys must be getting sick of these newbie questions, but I can't > > resist since I am learning a lot from these email > > I'm not fond of people using meaningless subjects, or of people > simultaneously posting the same message to other lists. If one chooses a > meaningless subject, I mostly ignore the question. The subject is of clasical unix flavor, since it points back to those wild YACC years of our youth, so i think most unix grown ups kind of like subjects like that. > > Subjects such as yours don't cut the mustard. Try to summarise your > problem; if I'm interested in the problem then I will read it and > (maybe) help. > > When I find it's cross-posted, I'm likely to change my mind. Why do you think that criticizing was better than staying silent? Anyway, Joshua already took some very enlightening answers enuf to get him= =20 going. =2D-=20 Achilleas Mantzios