From: Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: joining from multiple tables
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:43:29 -0500
Message-ID: <3E260E41.30107@selectacast.net> (raw)
I have a table I want to join on, but the conditions that restrict it span more than one
table. For example:
create table num_tab (thekey int primary key, val int, class char);
create table class_tab (class char primary key, tkey int);
create table txt_tab (thekey int primary key, class int, txt text);
insert into num_tab values (1, 1, 'o');
insert into num_tab values (2, 2, 'e');
insert into num_tab values (3, 3, 'o');
insert into num_tab values (4, 4, 'e');
insert into num_tab values (5, 5, 'o');
insert into num_tab values (6, 6, 'e');
insert into class_tab values('o', 1);
insert into class_tab values('e', 2);
insert into txt_tab values (2, 2,'two');
insert into txt_tab values (4, 2,'four');
insert into txt_tab values (6, 2,'six');
select distinct n.thekey, n.val, t.txt FROM num_tab n LEFT JOIN txt_tab t ON n.thekey =
t.thekey
WHERE n.thekey < 5 AND t.class = class_tab.tkey AND n.class = class_tab.class;
produces:
thekey | val | txt
--------+-----+------
2 | 2 | two
4 | 4 | four
... which is not what we want, because 1,3, and 5 aren't included, but:
select distinct n.thekey, n.val, t.txt FROM num_tab n LEFT JOIN txt_tab t ON n.thekey =
t.thekey AND t.class = class_tab.tkey AND n.class = class_tab.class
WHERE n.thekey < 5;
produces:
NOTICE: Adding missing FROM-clause entry for table "class_tab"
ERROR: JOIN/ON clause refers to "class_tab", which is not part of JOIN
So how do I do this?
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