Re: FW: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender

Hello,

On Sat, 2019-08-10 at 14:53 -0400, stan wrote:
> I apologize for asking, what I suspect will turn out to be a newbie
> question, but I have managed to get myself quite confused on this.
>
> I am defining a view as follows
>
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE view purchase_view as
> select
> project.proj_no ,
> qty ,
> mfg_part.mfg_part_no ,
> mfg.name as m_name ,
> mfg_part.descrip as description ,
> (
> SELECT
> name
> FROM
> vendor
> WHERE
> bom_item.vendor_key =
> (
> SELECT
> vendor_key
> FROM
> mfg_vendor_relationship
> WHERE
> bom_item.mfg_key = mfg_key
> AND
> prefered = TRUE
> AND
> bom_item.project_key = project_key
>
> )
> )
> as v_name ,
> /*
> vendor.name as v_name ,
> */
> cost_per_unit ,
> costing_unit.unit,
> need_date ,
> order_date ,
> recieved_date ,
> po_no ,
> po_line_item
> from
> bom_item
> right join project on
> project.project_key = bom_item.project_key
> inner join mfg_part on
> mfg_part.mfg_part_key = bom_item.mfg_part_key
> inner join vendor on
> vendor.vendor_key = bom_item.vendor_key
> inner join costing_unit on
> costing_unit.costing_unit_key = bom_item.costing_unit_key
> inner join mfg on
> mfg.mfg_key = bom_item.mfg_key
> WHERE bom_item is NOT NULL
> ORDER BY
> project.proj_no ,
> mfg_part
> ;
>
> Most of the tables are pretty much simple key -> value relationships
> for
> normalization. I can add the create statements to this thread if it
> adds
> clarity.
>
> The exception is:
>
>
>
> CREATE TABLE mfg_vendor_relationship (
> mfg_vendor_relationship_key_serial integer DEFAULT
> nextval('mfg_vendor_relationship_key_serial')
> PRIMARY KEY ,
> mfg_key integer NOT NULL,
> vendor_key integer NOT NULL,
> project_key integer NOT NULL,
> prefered boolean NOT NULL ,
> modtime timestamptz DEFAULT current_timestamp ,
> FOREIGN KEY (mfg_key) references mfg(mfg_key) ,
> FOREIGN KEY (vendor_key) references vendor(vendor_key) ,
> FOREIGN KEY (project_key) references project(project_key) ,
> CONSTRAINT mfg_vendor_constraint
> UNIQUE (
> mfg_key ,
> vendor_key ,
> project_key
> )
> );
>
>
> I am down to having a single row in the mfg_vendor_relationship as
> follows:
>
> mfg_vendor_relationship_key_serial | mfg_key | vendor_key |
> project_key |
> prefered | modtime
> ------------------------------------+---------+------------+------
> -------+----------+-------------------------------
> 164 | 1 | 1
> | 2 |
> t | 2019-08-10 14:21:04.896619-
> 04
>
> But trying to do a select * from this view returns:
>
> ERROR: more than one row returned by a subquery used as an
> expression
>
> Can someone please enlighten me as to the error of my ways?
>
>
> --
> "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety
> deserve
> neither liberty nor safety."
> -- Benjamin Franklin
>
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>

You are selecting from a table named bom_item, but further down you
have

WHERE bom_item is NOT NULL

Shouldn't that be WHERE bom_item.some_column_name IS NOT NULL?

Cheers,
Rob