FW: [SQL] OUTER JOINS

*= and =* are Oracle syntax for outer joins.

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From: Dan Janowski [SMTP:danj(at)3skel(dot)com]
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Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 7:27 AM
To: J_Shevland(at)TurnAround(dot)com(dot)au
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Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org <mailto:pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [SQL] OUTER JOINS

Thanks for giving it a stab. Looking at the available
operators,
there is no =* or *= ops available. Although I am curious
where it
comes from.

Dan

Joe Shevland wrote:
> ...
> 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
> ...
>
> 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?
> >

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