Re: ERROR: Failed to build any 5-way joins - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: ERROR: Failed to build any 5-way joins
Date
Msg-id 13342.1177195263@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to ERROR: Failed to build any 5-way joins  (Raymond O'Donnell <rod@iol.ie>)
Responses Re: ERROR: Failed to build any 5-way joins  (Steve Atkins <steve@blighty.com>)
Re: ERROR: Failed to build any 5-way joins  (Raymond O'Donnell <rod@iol.ie>)
Re: ERROR: Failed to build any 5-way joins  (Raymond O'Donnell <rod@iol.ie>)
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"Raymond O'Donnell" <rod@iol.ie> writes:
> I've just run into the above error (with the additional message "SQL
> state XX000").
> Funny thing is, when I change the join (between the views) either to an
> INNER JOIN or a RIGHT JOIN, the query works - it only goes belly-up when
> I try a LEFT JOIN.

This sounds like a known bug in 8.2.x --- it's fixed for 8.2.4.  If
you can still reproduce it with 8.2.4, please provide the test case.

            regards, tom lane

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