Re: JOIN a table twice for different values in the same query

Paul Lambert wrote:
> Colin Wetherbee wrote:
>> I would like to construct a query on the flight table that returns the
>> names of both the departure port and the arrival port.
>>
>> The following query shows how I would get just the departure port.
>>
>> js=# SELECT departure_date, jsports.code AS departure_code FROM
>> jsjourneys JOIN jsports ON jsjourneys.departure_port = jsports.id LIMIT
>> 4;
>>
> Try joining twice, something like:
>
> SELECT departure_date,
> dp.code AS departure_code,
> ap.code AS arrival_code
> FROM jsjourneys
> JOIN jsports dp ON jsjourneys.departure_port = jsports.id
> JOIN jsports ap ON jsjourneys.arrival_port=jsports.id
>
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Ah, I didn't realize you could alias tables inside the JOIN. Excellent.
It works. :)

js=# SELECT departure_date, dp.code AS departure_code, ap.code AS
arrival_code FROM jsjourneys JOIN jsports dp ON
jsjourneys.departure_port = dp.id JOIN jsports ap ON
jsjourneys.arrival_port = ap.id LIMIT 4;

departure_date | departure_code | arrival_code
----------------+----------------+--------------
2006-11-19 | BHM | ATL
2006-11-16 | PIT | ATL
2006-11-16 | ATL | BHM
2006-10-26 | PIT | BOS
(4 rows)

For archive completeness, note the query is joined relative to dp.id and
ap.id, rather than jsports.id.

Thanks for your help!

Colin