>>Is there a shorthand notation when performing a multi-table join and
What's the difference between a "multi-table join" and a "join"?
>> one column is to be equaled in all tables?
>
> Is this you are looking for?
>
> SELECT t1.c7,t2.c6
> FROM t1,t2
> USING (c1,c2,c3)
> WHERE t1.c4='2004-2-28' AND t2.c5='xyz'
>
> performs the same as
>
> SELECT t1.c7,t2.c6
> FROM t1,t2
> WHERE t1.c1=t2.c1 and t1.c2=t2.c2 and t1.c3=t2.c3
> and t1.c4='2004-2-28' AND t2.c5='xyz'
>
> CN
>
I think this should work, too:
SELECT t1.c7,t2.c6
FROM t1,t2
WHERE (t1.c1, t1.c2, t1.c3, t1.c4, t2.c5)= (t2.c1, t2.c2, t2.c3,
'2004-2-28', 'xyz')
~Berend Tober