Steve Tucknott <steve(at)retsol(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> If I have two tables(taba, tabb) with the same column (column1) name and
> try to do:
> SELECT taba.column1 AS column1,tabb.column2 AS column2
> FROM taba AS a
> JOIN tabb AS b
> ON taba.indexCol = tabb.indexCol
> GROUP BY column1
> It tells me that column1 is ambiguous. Is that to be expected?
Yes.
> I thought you could only only group on selected fields,
No, that's never been true. You're confusing it with ORDER BY,
which has different rules.
regards, tom lane