Re: Slightly confused error message

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:07:04 -0400, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Markus Schaber <schabi(at)logix-tt(dot)com> writes:
>> I just stumbled over a slightly confused error message:
>
>> mydb=# select count(*),coverage_area from myschema.streets except select
>> cd as coverage_area from countryref.disks group by
> streets.coverage_area;
>> ERROR: column "streets.coverage_area" must appear in the GROUP BY
>> clause or be used in an aggregate function
>
>> As the query looks, streets.coverage_area is actually used in the GROUP
> BY.
>
> The complaint is 100% accurate; the subquery that it's unhappy about is
>
> select count(*),coverage_area from myschema.streets
>
> which is an aggregating query, but coverage_area is being used outside
> an aggregate without having been grouped by.

I see lack of parenthesis in the sub-query:

select count(*),coverage_area from myschema.streets except
(select cd as coverage_area from countryref.disks)
group by streets.coverage_area;

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