Hallo,
I need to port some SQL from Oracle to PostgreSQL v7.2, but I am finding
problems with outer joins.
Here are the tables:
select * from shift_typeid | order_num | from_time | to_time | disabled
----+-----------+-----------+----------+---------- 1 | 1 | 06:00:00 | 14:00:00 | f 2 | 2 | 14:00:00 |
22:00:00| f 3 | 3 | 22:00:00 | 06:00:00 | t 6 | 6 | 00:00:00 | 23:00:00 | f
select * from shift_descapp_language_id | shift_type_id | description
-----------------+---------------+------------- 1 | 1 | Morning 1 | 2
|Afternoon 1 | 3 | Night 2 | 6 | SHIFT_DE 1 |
6 | SHIFT_EN
and here is the SQL for Oracle:
SELECT ST.id, ST.order_num, ST.from_time, ST.to_time, ST.disabled,
SD.descriptionFROM shift_type ST, shift_desc SDWHERE ST.id = SD.shift_type_id(+) AND SD.app_language_id(+) = 2ORDER BY
ST.order_num
The expected result should be:id | order_num | from_time | to_time | disabled | description
----+-----------+-----------+----------+----------+------------- 1 | 1 | 06:00:00 | 14:00:00 | f | 2 |
2 | 14:00:00 | 22:00:00 | f | 3 | 3 | 22:00:00 | 06:00:00 | t | 6 | 6 | 00:00:00
|23:00:00 | f | SHIFT_DE
with description populated with NULL, as app_language_id not found.
It seems that Oracle's outer joins work on the basis the single record,
while PostgreSQL don't.
How to do it?
Thank you for your attention,
Marco Roda
