Re: Basic Query Question - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Bret Fledderjohn
Subject Re: Basic Query Question
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In response to Re: Basic Query Question  (Jude Lucien <jlucien@gmail.com>)
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Hi Jude,

On 7 December 2011 16:35, Jude Lucien <jlucien@gmail.com> wrote:
SELECT DISTINCT bike.bike_id FROM bike WHERE bike.model='Kona Dew SE
FRR' AND booking.booking_date='2011-11-20' JOIN booking ON
bike.bike_id=booking.bike_id;

returns a syntax error at JOIN

JOIN is in the wrong location.  Needs to be before the WHERE clause. 

SELECT DISTINCT bike.bike_id FROM bike LEFT JOIN booking ON
bike.bike_id = booking.bike_id AND booking.booking_date <>
'2011-11-20' WHERE bike.model = 'Kona Dew SE FRR';

You're comparing the booking_date in the JOIN and you should be doing this in the WHERE clause since that will select only the booking.bike_id's rented on all other dates.

returns 23 results - two of those results have a booking date of
2011-11-20, so it should return 21 results.

Cheers

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- Bret
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