From: | Jeff Ross <jross(at)wykids(dot)org> |
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Cc: | PostgreSQL <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Question about joins, left outer and others |
Date: | 2010-05-07 20:53:32 |
Message-ID: | 4BE47DE4.2050407@wykids.org |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Jeff Ross <jross(at)wykids(dot)org> writes:
>> To get the output I want above, I'd think I'd need to do a left outer join
>> like this:
>
>> jross(at)wykids localhost# select ed_cat_name as "Level", pp_ed_cat_subject as
>> "Subject", pp_ed_cat_institution as "Institution" from
>> education_categories left outer join people_education_categories on
>> (ed_cat_id = pp_ed_cat_id) where pp_ed_cat_pp_id = 1796;
>
> This query is actually equivalent to a plain join. The reason is that
> no null-extended row can possibly satisfy the WHERE clause, since the
> WHERE is constraining a field from the inner side of the join. Remember
> WHERE filters the output of the join.
>
> Possibly what you want is
>
> select ... from
> education_categories left outer join people_education_categories on
> (ed_cat_id = pp_ed_cat_id and pp_ed_cat_pp_id = 1796);
>
> regards, tom lane
>
Thanks, Tom and Andy. This is exactly what I was missing.
Jeff Ross
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