Re: What is *wrong* with this query??? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Adrian Klaver
Subject Re: What is *wrong* with this query???
Date
Msg-id 201111051213.39186.adrian.klaver@gmail.com
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In response to What is *wrong* with this query???  (Steve Murphy <smurphy@intorrent.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Friday, November 04, 2011 9:51:14 pm Steve Murphy wrote:
> I give! I'm flummoxed!
>
> Here is what I have, 3 tables:
>
> schedule
> company        building   status0
> 3                             x           active
> 4                             x           active
> 5                             x           active
> 3                             x           active
> 3                             x           active
> 3                             x           active
>
> In the end, I want to replace the building id's above. They start out with
> the non-informative value of '1';
>
> company
> id      name   status
> 3         x           active
> 4         y           active
> 5         z           active
>
>
> building
> id     company   name
> 1           3                 A           active
> 2           3                 B           active
> 3           3                 C           active
> 4           4                 D           active
> 5           4                 E           active
> 6           4                 F           active
> 7           5                 G           active
> 8           5                 H           active
> 9           5                 I            active
>
> So, every company has 3 schedules. Of the 3, I'd like to select the one
> with the lowest id.
>
> I'm using postgresql 8.1. Yes, ancient, but I have no choice in this
> affair.
>
> select schedule.id as sched_id, bld.id as bid
>     from
>         schedule
>         left join company on schedule.company = company.id
>         left join (select * from building where building.company =
> company.id order by id limit 1)  as bld where
>         schedule.status = 'active' and company.status = 'active' and
> bld.status = 'active';
>
> I get a syntax error on the the "where".
>
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "where" at character ….
> LINE 6:         where
>                        ^
>
> If I leave out the where clause entirely, that's an error also,
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near ";" at character ….
> LINE 5:          …  as bld ;
>                                          ^  <it's right under the
> semicolon>
>
> So, it's expecting ***SOMETHING*** after the "as bld", but it sure isn't
> going to tell me what. What am I missing?

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Adrian Klaver
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