From: Joel Burton <joel@joelburton.com>
To: Gregory Brauer <greg@wildbrain.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: SQL over my head...
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 16:43:37 -0400
Message-ID: <JGEPJNMCKODMDHGOBKDNGEHLCOAA.joel@joelburton.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3CE418ED.7070103@wildbrain.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Brauer [mailto:greg@wildbrain.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 4:39 PM
> To: Joel Burton
> Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [SQL] SQL over my head...
> >
> > SELECT F0.id
> > FROM Foo as F0
> > JOIN Bar as B0 ON (F0.id=B0.id)
> > WHERE NOT EXISTS (
> > (SELECT *
> > FROM Foo AS F1,
> > Bar as B1
> > WHERE ts < CURRENT_TIME
> > AND F0.attr_a=F1.attr_a
> > AND F0.attr_b=F1.attr_b
> > AND B0.attr_a=B1.attr_a
> > AND B1.ts > B0.ts)
> >
> Wow, thanks for the help! I'm still parsing this, but one comment
> and one question...
>
> First, I realized that though I will probably need this
> more general case later, in what I am doing right now, I know
> a single bar.attr_a value that I want, so only foo.attr_a and
> foo.attr_b are variable. Does that change anything?
If I'm understanding correctly, just make the line "AND
B1.attr_a=<constant>"
To only look at groups where that's the attribute you want and add "AND
B0.attr_a=<same_constant>" at the end of the query (after the closing paren)
to make that count for the outer query, too.
> Secondly, in the third line, should (F0.id=B0.id) actually be
> (F0.bar_id=B0.id) to join on the foreign key?
Yes, it should.
- J.
Joel BURTON | joel@joelburton.com | joelburton.com | aim: wjoelburton
Knowledge Management & Technology Consultant
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