Re: Self-Referencing

From: Christof Glaser <gcg(at)gl(dot)aser(dot)de>
To: David Olbersen <dave(at)slickness(dot)org>, <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Self-Referencing
Date: 2001-03-29 09:27:37
Message-ID: 01032911273700.00783@pinguin
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On Thursday, 29. March 2001 01:38, David Olbersen wrote:
[snip]
> SELECT
> building_id,
> num_buildings,
> (
> SELECT count( building_id )
> FROM building_portals
> WHERE building_id = THIS.building_id
> )
> FROM buildings;

Try this query (untested), using table aliases:

SELECT
b.building_id, b.num_buildings,
( SELECT count( bp.building_id )
FROM building_portals bp
WHERE bp.building_id = b.building_id )
FROM buildings b;

You could also write <table>.<field> instead.

Hope that helps.

Christof
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