Help with simple SQL query?

From: Joost Kraaijeveld <J(dot)Kraaijeveld(at)Askesis(dot)nl>
To: "Pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org" <Pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Help with simple SQL query?
Date: 2005-10-05 11:35:32
Message-ID: 1128512132.3655.200.camel@Panoramix
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Hi,

I have 2 tables with the following columns:

order: order_id, order_price
orderline: parent_order_id, orderline_price

I want all orders order where _price <> sum(orderline_price).

What is wrong with the following query:

select order_id from order, orderline
where order_id = parent_order_id
and order_price <> (select sum(orderline_price) from orderline group by
parent_order_id)

It reports "ERROR: more than one row returned by a subquery used as an
expression" which seems right (the select sum() returns multiple rows?),
but I cannot get query right. Can someone help?

TIA

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Joost Kraaijeveld
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