Re: Left outer join question

From: "Bill Reynolds" <Bill(dot)Reynolds(at)ateb(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Left outer join question
Date: 2008-10-08 00:36:18
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Thanks much. Silly Me, I had an extraneous comma

-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond O'Donnell [mailto:rod(at)iol(dot)ie]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:12 PM
To: Bill Reynolds
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Left outer join question

On 08/10/2008 01:02, Bill Reynolds wrote:

> Is it possible to have a left outer join on 2 tables from the same
> originating table where T1 left outer joins to T2 and T1 left outer
> joins to T3? I guess I'm stuck on the FROM clause syntax or trying
to
> do something you just can't do.

Maybe I'm missing something, but it ought to be just:

...from T1
left join T2 on (T1.a_column = T2.a_column)
left join T3 on (T1.another_column = T3.another_column)

etc.

Ray.

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