Error with union in sub-selects

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Subject: Error with union in sub-selects
Date: 2000-09-06 13:17:03
Message-ID: 200009061317.e86DH3S58967@hub.org
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Martin Neimeier (nei(at)ibn(dot)de) reports a bug with a severity of 1
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Short Description
Error with union in sub-selects

Long Description
Version: PostgreSQL 7.0.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc 2.95.2

If i try to use unions in a subselect, postgres reports an parser-error.

ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "union"

see Example. (stipped to essentials)

Sample Code
create table product
(
id int4 not null, -- internal id of product
name TEXT not null, -- name of the product
price numeric not null, -- the price of the product
constraint product_pk
primary key (id)
);

create table product_special
(
id int4 not null, -- internal id of product_special
product_id int4 not null, -- reference to product
start_date date not null, -- when does the special starts
end_date date not null, -- when does the special ends
price numeric not null, -- modified price of product in special-period
constraint product_special_pk -- pk
primary key(id),
constraint product_special_fk1 -- fk to product->id
foreign key (product_id)
references product(id)
match full
on delete cascade
on update cascade
deferrable
);

INSERT INTO product
(id,name,price) VALUES
(1,'Merlot 1996','10.00');
INSERT INTO product
(id,name,price) VALUES
(2,'Gaya & Ray 1994','8.00');

INSERT INTO product_special
(id,product_id,start_date,end_date,price) VALUES (1,1,'2000-09-01','2000-11-30','8.00');

INSERT INTO product_special
(id,product_id,start_date,end_date,price) VALUES (2,2,'2000-01-01','2000-12-02','7.00');

SELECT
p.id as id,
p.name as name
from product p
where
p.id in (select id
from product
where
price >= '9.00' and
price <= '50' and
id not in (select product_id
from product_special
where
start_date <= '2000-9-6' and
end_date >= '2000-9-6')

union

select product_id as id
from product_special
where
price >= '9.00' and
price <= '50' and
start_date <= '2000-9-6' and
end_date >= '2000-9-6');

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