RE: [SQL] OUTER JOINS

As far as I have been able to determine, outer joins are not
supported in PostgreSQL.

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Shevland [SMTP:J_Shevland(at)TurnAround(dot)com(dot)au]
Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 12:27 AM
To: Dan Janowski
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [SQL] OUTER JOINS

I didn't see a response for this, so here goes... I believe
you can
implement joins using the followng syntax:

select t1.value from table_one t1, table_two t2 where t1.key
= t2.key;

So this would be a straight LEFT join in my understanding.
Now, I'm
venturing beyond my experience with PostgreSQL here, but you
may be able
to use the associated SQL syntaxes:

select ... where t1.key *= t2.key
select ... where t1.key =* t2.key

etc...

I hope I'm right here :)

Regards,
Joe.

Dan Janowski wrote:
>
> I've looked through the docs and mail lists but I am
coming
> up short on references for LEFT/RIGHT/FULL OUTER JOIN
> avalability
> or functional workarounds. It seems that PostgreSQL does
> not have it.
>
> Any recommendations on how to aproximate the
functionality?
>
> As a curiosity, is there a problem with supporting these
> OUTER joins or is it merely on the list?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Dan
>
> --
> Dan Janowski danj(at)3skel(dot)com Triskelion Systems,
> Inc. Bronx, NY

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