From: Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@yahoo.com>
To: stig erikson <stigerikson_nospam_@yahoo.se>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: a celko-puzzle from long time ago
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 11:54:42 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <73540.41726.qm@web31808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <eilbl4$749$1@floppy.pyrenet.fr>
> While reading celko's SQL puzzles (second edition) i followed a reference to
> http://www.dbmsmag.com/9801d06.html.
> There is a puzzle that counts items in boxes.
> When i try to run the proposed solution on PG 8.1.5, PG says: ERROR: column reference "qty" is
> ambiguous
>
>
> apparently the variable declaration used in the solution is not proper for PostgreSQL. Is there
> a way to solve this puzzle in PostgreSQL?
I believe that qty is a parameter variable that must first be set in psql. I've seen some thread
in various lists that describe how to set parameter variables before executing a query that uses
them.
Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.
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