where clause on a left outer join

From: Cris Carampa <cris119(at)operamail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: where clause on a left outer join
Date: 2004-09-22 09:08:22
Message-ID: cirfem$75c$1@floppy.pyrenet.fr
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Hello, let's suppose I have the following tables:

create table parent (
parent_id numeric primary key,
parent_data text
) ;

create table stuff (
stuff_id numeric primary key,
parent_id numeric references parent,
stuff_data text
) ;

And the following data:

crisdb=> select * from parent;
parent_id | parent_data
-----------+-------------
1 | aaa
2 | bbb
3 | ccc
(3 rows)

crisdb=> select * from stuff;
stuff_id | parent_id | staff_data
----------+-----------+------------
1 | 1 | xxx
2 | 1 | yyy
3 | 1 | zzz
(3 rows)

I wish to write a query that returns all rows from "parent" and, beside
of them, staff data with stuff_id=1 if available, otherwise null.

The following query:

select
par.parent_id,
stu.stuff_data
from
parent par left outer join stuff stu
on (
par.parent_id = stu.parent_id
)
where
stu.stuff_id = 1
;

Gives the following result:

parent_id | stuff_data
-----------+------------
1 | xxx
(1 row)

But this is not what I want.

The following query:

select
par.parent_id,
stu.stuff_data
from
parent par
left outer join
(
select
*
from
stuff
where
stuff_id = 1
) stu
on (
par.parent_id = stu.parent_id
)
;

Gives the following result:

parent_id | stuff_data
-----------+------------
1 | xxx
2 |
3 |
(3 rows)

Which is exacly what I want.

I'm wondering whether there is another way to get this result, without
using the online view.

Thank you. Kind regards,

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