From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> |
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To: | Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Left join syntax error |
Date: | 2024-05-18 15:03:42 |
Message-ID: | 2e4c19a5-9547-40cc-93e3-75776547b26f@aklaver.com |
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On 5/18/24 08:01, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2024, Ray O'Donnell wrote:
>
>> You need to include the alias for the table also - see "...from
>> companies as c..." in Shammat's example.
>
> Ray,
>
> That didn't work:
> bustrac-# FROM people as p, companies as c
> bustrac-# LEFT JOIN companies as c ON c.company_nbr = p.company_nbr;
> ERROR: table name "c" specified more than once
>
> so I tried only the alias on the join line:
> bustrac-# LEFT JOIN c ON c.company_nbr = p.company_nbr;
> ERROR: relation "c" does not exist
> LINE 3: LEFT JOIN c ON c.company_nbr = p.company_nbr;
> ^
> and that didn't work either.
The query needs to be:
SELECT p.lname, p.fname, p.job_title, p.company_nbr, p.email, c.company_name
FROM people as p
LEFT JOIN companies as c ON c.company_nbr = p.company_nbr;
Only reference companies as c once.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
>
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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
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