Re: exclusion query - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Louis-David Mitterrand
Subject Re: exclusion query
Date
Msg-id 20080923081830.GA17997@apartia.fr
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In response to Re: exclusion query  (Mark Roberts <mailing_lists@pandapocket.com>)
List pgsql-sql
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 09:39:08AM -0700, Mark Roberts wrote:
> 
> Taking your second email into account, I came up with:
> 
> select distinct pt.type_fr
> from person_to_event pte
>     inner join person_type using (id_person_type)
> where id_person_type in (
>     select id_person_type
>     from person_to_event pte
>         inner join event using (id_event)
>         inner join event_type using (id_event_type)
>     where type_fr = 'theatre'
> ) and id_person_type not in (
>     select id_person_type
>     from person_to_event
>     where id_event = 219
> )
> 
> I feel like there's a solution involving group by tugging at the back of
> my mind, but I can't quite put my finger on it.  Sorry if this isn't
> quite what you're asking for.

Hi,

That works very nicely (with minor adaptations). 

I also had that solution-without-a-subselect in the back of my mind but
this does the job just fine!

Cheers,


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