Re: Subselect returning 2 columns

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Francesc Leveque <webmaster(at)loroadictos(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Subselect returning 2 columns
Date: 2004-05-07 01:26:33
Message-ID: 26990.1083893193@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Francesc Leveque <webmaster(at)loroadictos(dot)com> writes:
> Is correct to do something like?:

> SELECT row1,row2 FROM mytable
> WHERE (row1,row3) IN
> (SELECT row1 as p1,MAX(row3) as p2 FROM mytable
> WHERE row3 <= current_date
> GROUP BY row1)

Sure.

> I mean, I don't see documentation about subselects returning more than
> one column, but it seems to work...

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/functions-subquery.html#AEN12497

regards, tom lane

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