Re: Join question

[Paul Lambert <paul(dot)lambert(at)autoledgers(dot)com(dot)au>]

Phillip Smith wrote:
> Whoops, I forgot the JOIN conditions! Fixed below
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillip Smith [mailto:phillip(dot)smith(at)weatherbeeta(dot)com(dot)au] 
> Sent: Friday, 27 July 2007 11:47
> To: 'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'
> Subject: RE: [SQL] Join question
>
>
> This might give you a starting point if I understand you correctly...
>
> SELECT h.invoice_number,
> 	 h.customer,
> 	 l.item,
>  	 l.amount
> FROM	lines AS l
> JOIN	headers AS h ON l.invoice_number = h.invoice_number
> UNION
> SELECT h.invoice_number,
> 	 h.customer,
> 	 s.item,
>  	 s.amount
> FROM	sundries AS s
> JOIN	headers AS h ON s.invoice_number = h.invoice_number
> ORDER BY invoice_number, item

Forgot all about union - I had two individual views, one for 
invoice+parts, one for invoice+sundries... didn't think of union to 
combine the two views together.

Perfect solution, you've done it for me again Phillip, thanks.

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Paul Lambert
Database Administrator
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