Re: 9/18 Visual Planner Meeting Wrapup

From: Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: "Mark Wong" <markwkm(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Postgresql PDX_Users" <pdxpug(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 9/18 Visual Planner Meeting Wrapup
Date: 2008-09-19 22:02:25
Message-ID: 20080919150225.383a35f3@jd-laptop
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:53:15 -0700
"Mark Wong" <markwkm(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Can anyone come up with an example of a meaningful query where there
> is a join that does not use an implicit or explicit foreign key?

Only partial. A LEFT or RIGHT JOIN will do this but it needs a partial
key to work.

So: No.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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