Tom, you're a star! It took me a minute to work out what you meant, but hte
whole thing is working a treat now!
Thanks again,
Shane
On Thursday 28 Feb 2002 9:40 pm, Tom Lane wrote:
> Shane Wright <me@shanewright.co.uk> writes:
> > SELECT
> > [fields],
> > [expression],
> > (SELECT * FROM table2 WHERE [expression]) AS mynewfield
> > FROM
> > table
> > GROUP BY
> > [expression]
> >
> > But, it gives this error:
> >
> > ERROR: Sub-SELECT uses un-GROUPed attribute [table].[field] from outer
> > query
>
> Yeah, the code is not bright enough to figure out that this could be
> considered legitimate. But try this:
>
> SELECT
> [fields],
> myexpr,
> (SELECT * FROM table2 WHERE ss.myexpr) AS mynewfield
> FROM
> (SELECT [fields],
> [expression] as myexpr
> FROM table
> GROUP BY myexpr) AS ss
>
> regards, tom lane
