Re: What is Syntax for multiple FULL OUTER JOINS?

Thanks that did it.

Patrick Hatcher
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Stephan Szabo
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Subject: Re: [SQL] What is Syntax for multiple FULL OUTER
03/19/2002 08:08 PM JOINS?

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Patrick Hatcher wrote:

> Is it possible to do a full outer join on 3 or more queries? I figured
out
> how to do 2, but I get an error message when trying to do three
>
>
> Example:
>
> (works)
> select coalesce(a.f1, b.f1) as col_1, b.f2 as col_2
> from
> (select f1, f2 from table1 where f3 =1) a
> FULL OUTER JOIN
> (select f1, f2 from table1 where f3 =2) b
> on a.f1 = b.f1
>
> (does not work)
> select coalesce(a.f1, b.f1,c.f1) as col_1, b.f2 as col_2, c.f2 as col_3
> from
> (select f1, f2 from table1 where f3 =1) a
> FULL OUTER JOIN
> (select f1, f2 from table1 where f3 =2) b
> FULL OUTER JOIN
> (select f1, f2 from table1 where f3 =3) c
> on a.f1 = b.f1and a.f1 = c.f1

You need separate on clauses for each join:
select ...
from (
(select f1, f2 from table1 where f3=1) a
full outer join
(select f1, f2 from table1 where f3=2) b
on a.f1=b.f1)
full outer join
(select f1,f2 from table1 where f3=3) c
on a.f1=c.f1

should do it I think.