Re: query help

From: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
To: "G(dot)L(dot) Grobe" <gary(at)grobe(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: query help
Date: 2001-08-31 00:22:09
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.21.0108301721130.55818-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com
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Maybe this?
select label from TableB, TableA
where TableB.idA=TableA.idA
and TableA.name=<whatever>

On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, G.L. Grobe wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> How would I get TableB.label if all I know about is TableA.name?
>
> I was thinking about a query on TableA first, then within the while
> (rs.next()), I'd do another query using the result set from A on B, but I
> don't like that much, and it seems kind of slow.
>
> Any help much appreciated!
>
> TableA
> idA | name | class
> -----------------
> 11 test1 1
> 12 test2 1
> 13 test3 2
> 14 test4 2
>
> TableB
> idB | idA | label
> ----------------
> 1 11 nameA
> 2 12 nameB
> 3 13 nameC
> 4 14 nameD

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  • query help at 2001-08-30 23:45:20 from G.L. Grobe

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