From: | "Patrick Hatcher" <PHatcher(at)macys(dot)com> |
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To: | "Stephan Szabo <sszabo" <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: What is Syntax for multiple FULL OUTER JOINS? |
Date: | 2002-03-20 17:04:01 |
Message-ID: | OF9D66FCDB.2E861248-ON88256B82.005DBD92@fds.com |
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Thanks that did it.
Patrick Hatcher
Macys.Com
Legacy Integration Developer
415-932-0610 office
HatcherPT - AIM
Stephan Szabo
<sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)big To: Patrick Hatcher <PHatcher(at)macys(dot)com>
panda.com> cc: <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [SQL] What is Syntax for multiple FULL OUTER
03/19/2002 08:08 PM JOINS?
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Patrick Hatcher wrote:
> Is it possible to do a full outer join on 3 or more queries? I figured
out
> how to do 2, but I get an error message when trying to do three
>
>
> Example:
>
> (works)
> select coalesce(a.f1, b.f1) as col_1, b.f2 as col_2
> from
> (select f1, f2 from table1 where f3 =1) a
> FULL OUTER JOIN
> (select f1, f2 from table1 where f3 =2) b
> on a.f1 = b.f1
>
> (does not work)
> select coalesce(a.f1, b.f1,c.f1) as col_1, b.f2 as col_2, c.f2 as col_3
> from
> (select f1, f2 from table1 where f3 =1) a
> FULL OUTER JOIN
> (select f1, f2 from table1 where f3 =2) b
> FULL OUTER JOIN
> (select f1, f2 from table1 where f3 =3) c
> on a.f1 = b.f1and a.f1 = c.f1
You need separate on clauses for each join:
select ...
from (
(select f1, f2 from table1 where f3=1) a
full outer join
(select f1, f2 from table1 where f3=2) b
on a.f1=b.f1)
full outer join
(select f1,f2 from table1 where f3=3) c
on a.f1=c.f1
should do it I think.
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