RE: [SQL] OUTER JOINS

As far as I have been able to determine, outer joins are not supported in
PostgreSQL.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Shevland [SMTP:J_Shevland(at)TurnAround(dot)com(dot)au]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 12:27 AM
> To: Dan Janowski
> Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [SQL] OUTER JOINS
>
> I didn't see a response for this, so here goes... I believe you can
> implement joins using the followng syntax:
>
> select t1.value from table_one t1, table_two t2 where t1.key = t2.key;
>
> So this would be a straight LEFT join in my understanding. Now, I'm
> venturing beyond my experience with PostgreSQL here, but you may be able
> to use the associated SQL syntaxes:
>
> select ... where t1.key *= t2.key
> select ... where t1.key =* t2.key
>
> etc...
>
> I hope I'm right here :)
>
> Regards,
> Joe.
>
> Dan Janowski wrote:
> >
> > I've looked through the docs and mail lists but I am coming
> > up short on references for LEFT/RIGHT/FULL OUTER JOIN
> > avalability
> > or functional workarounds. It seems that PostgreSQL does
> > not have it.
> >
> > Any recommendations on how to aproximate the functionality?
> >
> > As a curiosity, is there a problem with supporting these
> > OUTER joins or is it merely on the list?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > --
> > Dan Janowski danj(at)3skel(dot)com Triskelion Systems,
> > Inc. Bronx, NY
>
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