Re: Attribute 'rtrim' is repeated - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Stephan Szabo
Subject Re: Attribute 'rtrim' is repeated
Date
Msg-id 20031031111526.L92893@megazone.bigpanda.com
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In response to Attribute 'rtrim' is repeated  (Lynn.Tilby@asu.edu)
List pgsql-general
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 Lynn.Tilby@asu.edu wrote:

>
> In trying to trim some data while selecting and loading from 2 tables
> into 1 I get the following:
>
> SELECT TRIM(TRAILING ' ' FROM s.strk_sym_cmplt), TRIM(TRAILING ' ' FROM
> s.stk_sym), s.c_p, o.dta_date, o.dta_date_num, o.dta_date_dys, o.strk_sym,
> o.strk_yr, s.strk_num, s.exp_sym, s.exp_mo, s.exp_mo_num, s.exp_yr,
> s.exp_yr_num, s.exp_date, s.exp_date_dys, o.opn, o.hi, o.lw, o.cls, o.vol,
> o.opn_intrst, o.bd, o.ak
> INTO TABLE optn_calls_tbl
> FROM option_data_oprtnl o, strk_data_oprtnl s
> WHERE TRIM(TRAILING ' ' FROM o.strk_sym_ful) = TRIM(TRAILING ' ' FROM
> s.strk_sym_cmplt) AND s.c_p = 'C';
> ERROR:  Attribute 'rtrim' is repeated
>
> I understand that rtrim is an underlying function to trim.  Is this a BUG???
> How do I fix this problem?

You probably want to give your columns names,
SELECT TRIM(...) AS strk_sym_cmplt, TRIM(...) AS stk_sym, ...

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