Re: [ADMIN] Outer joins

From: Amos Hayes <ahayes(at)polkaroo(dot)net>
To: T(dot)Steubesand(at)fh-trier(dot)de
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Outer joins
Date: 1998-11-02 14:43:02
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.3.96.981102093628.5312A-100000@smurf.ingenia.com
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On Mon, 2 Nov 1998 T(dot)Steubesand(at)fh-trier(dot)de wrote:

> SELECT name,firstname,title
> FROM TablePerson,TableTitle
> WHERE TablePerson.fk_idtitle = TableTitle.pk_idtitle;
>
> results: Kohl Helmut Dr.
> Smith Peter Prof.
>
> How can I force pgsql to return the following result:
> Kohl Helmut Dr.
> Steubesand Thomas
> Smith Peter Prof.

How about putting an entry like (3,'') into TableTitle and assigning an
fk_idtitle of 3 to people without a title.

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Amos Hayes
ahayes(at)polkaroo(dot)net Ingenia Group - Software Kinetics Ltd.
http://polkaroo.net/~ahayes http://www.sofkin.com

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