Thread: JOIN
I am trying to output news. An article can have an image or not sometimes. Can someone help me get this to work in Postgres? select a.article_id, a.title, a.url, a.synopsis, a.publish_date, c.parent_category_id, c.category_id, c.category_name, i.server_image_name from ((article a JOIN article_category_assoc acs ON a.article_id = acs.article_id) JOIN category c ON c.category_id = acs.category_id) LEFT OUTER JOIN (image i JOIN article_image_assoc aia ON i.image_id = aia.image_id) ON a.article_id = aia.article_id where i.image_type_id = 1 and a.live_date <= #CreateODBCDate(Now())# and a.active_ind = TRUE and a.status_id = 2 and c.category_id=#intCategoryID# Thanks
On 3/21/01, 9:16:05 PM, Grant Furick <furick1@attglobal.net> wrote regarding [GENERAL] JOIN: Sorry about the delay, Grant - I think everyone was scared off by the number of joins in your query:-) > I am trying to output news. An article can have an image or not sometimes. > Can someone help me get this to work in Postgres? Yep - outer join is what you want. > select a.article_id, a.title, a.url, a.synopsis, a.publish_date, > c.parent_category_id, c.category_id, c.category_name, > i.server_image_name > from ((article a JOIN article_category_assoc acs ON a.article_id = > acs.article_id) > JOIN category c ON c.category_id = acs.category_id) > LEFT OUTER JOIN (image i JOIN article_image_assoc aia ON i.image_id = > aia.image_id) > ON a.article_id = aia.article_id > where i.image_type_id = 1 > and a.live_date <= #CreateODBCDate(Now())# > and a.active_ind = TRUE > and a.status_id = 2 > and c.category_id=#intCategoryID# I think I've boiled this down correctly: create table article (article_id int4, title text); create table article_category_assoc (article_id int4, category_id int4); create table category (category_id int4, category_name text); create table article_image_assoc (artice_id int4, image_id int4); create table image (image_id int4, server_image_name text); SELECT a.article_id, a.title, c.category_id, c.category_name, i.image_id FROM (article a JOIN article_category_assoc acs ON a.article_id=acs.article_id JOIN category c ON c.category_id=acs.category_id ) LEFT JOIN article_image_assoc aia ON a.article_id = aia.article_id LEFT JOIN image i ON i.image_id = aia.image_id; article_id | title | category_id | category_name | image_id ------------+-----------+-------------+---------------+---------- 1 | article 1 | 1 | category 1 | 1 2 | article 2 | 1 | category 1 | (2 rows) I think the trick is the two LEFT JOINs rather than one. You might find it easier to make a couple of views for the various bits and then join the views: create view article_view as select a.article_id, a.title, c.category_id, c.category_name from (article a JOIN article_category_assoc acs on a.article_id=acs.article_id JOIN category c on c.category_id=acs.category_id ); create view image_view as select aia.article_id,i.image_id from article_image_assoc aia join image i on i.image_id = aia.image_id; select av.*, iv.* from article_view av left join image_view iv on av.article_id=iv.article_id; - Richard Huxton
Grant Furick wrote: > > Richard Thanks for the help. I now get a "OUTER JOIN is not yet supported" > from the Postgres DB though. Are you using this with postgres successfully? Don't know which version it's introduced in 7.0 or 7.1 - I'm running 7.1beta on my development rig. I think the first release candidate is out shortly, so it's pretty stable already. I'd upgrade - the full release shouldn't be far off. - Richard Huxton
Richard Thanks for the help. I now get a "OUTER JOIN is not yet supported" from the Postgres DB though. Are you using this with postgres successfully? Grant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard H" <dev@archonet.com> To: "Grant Furick" <furick1@attglobal.net> Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] JOIN On 3/21/01, 9:16:05 PM, Grant Furick <furick1@attglobal.net> wrote regarding [GENERAL] JOIN: Sorry about the delay, Grant - I think everyone was scared off by the number of joins in your query:-) > I am trying to output news. An article can have an image or not sometimes. > Can someone help me get this to work in Postgres? Yep - outer join is what you want. > select a.article_id, a.title, a.url, a.synopsis, a.publish_date, > c.parent_category_id, c.category_id, c.category_name, > i.server_image_name > from ((article a JOIN article_category_assoc acs ON a.article_id = > acs.article_id) > JOIN category c ON c.category_id = acs.category_id) > LEFT OUTER JOIN (image i JOIN article_image_assoc aia ON i.image_id = > aia.image_id) > ON a.article_id = aia.article_id > where i.image_type_id = 1 > and a.live_date <= #CreateODBCDate(Now())# > and a.active_ind = TRUE > and a.status_id = 2 > and c.category_id=#intCategoryID# I think I've boiled this down correctly: create table article (article_id int4, title text); create table article_category_assoc (article_id int4, category_id int4); create table category (category_id int4, category_name text); create table article_image_assoc (artice_id int4, image_id int4); create table image (image_id int4, server_image_name text); SELECT a.article_id, a.title, c.category_id, c.category_name, i.image_id FROM (article a JOIN article_category_assoc acs ON a.article_id=acs.article_id JOIN category c ON c.category_id=acs.category_id ) LEFT JOIN article_image_assoc aia ON a.article_id = aia.article_id LEFT JOIN image i ON i.image_id = aia.image_id; article_id | title | category_id | category_name | image_id ------------+-----------+-------------+---------------+---------- 1 | article 1 | 1 | category 1 | 1 2 | article 2 | 1 | category 1 | (2 rows) I think the trick is the two LEFT JOINs rather than one. You might find it easier to make a couple of views for the various bits and then join the views: create view article_view as select a.article_id, a.title, c.category_id, c.category_name from (article a JOIN article_category_assoc acs on a.article_id=acs.article_id JOIN category c on c.category_id=acs.category_id ); create view image_view as select aia.article_id,i.image_id from article_image_assoc aia join image i on i.image_id = aia.image_id; select av.*, iv.* from article_view av left join image_view iv on av.article_id=iv.article_id; - Richard Huxton
* Grant Furick <furick1@attglobal.net> [010325 19:40]: > Richard Thanks for the help. I now get a "OUTER JOIN is not yet supported" > from the Postgres DB though. Are you using this with postgres successfully? OUTER JOIN is in V7.1 LER > > Grant > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard H" <dev@archonet.com> > To: "Grant Furick" <furick1@attglobal.net> > Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 4:15 PM > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] JOIN > > > On 3/21/01, 9:16:05 PM, Grant Furick <furick1@attglobal.net> wrote > regarding [GENERAL] JOIN: > > Sorry about the delay, Grant - I think everyone was scared off by the > number of joins in your query:-) > > > I am trying to output news. An article can have an image or not > sometimes. > > Can someone help me get this to work in Postgres? > > Yep - outer join is what you want. > > > select a.article_id, a.title, a.url, a.synopsis, a.publish_date, > > c.parent_category_id, c.category_id, c.category_name, > > i.server_image_name > > from ((article a JOIN article_category_assoc acs ON a.article_id = > > acs.article_id) > > JOIN category c ON c.category_id = acs.category_id) > > LEFT OUTER JOIN (image i JOIN article_image_assoc aia ON i.image_id = > > aia.image_id) > > ON a.article_id = aia.article_id > > where i.image_type_id = 1 > > and a.live_date <= #CreateODBCDate(Now())# > > and a.active_ind = TRUE > > and a.status_id = 2 > > and c.category_id=#intCategoryID# > > > I think I've boiled this down correctly: > > create table article (article_id int4, title text); > create table article_category_assoc (article_id int4, category_id int4); > create table category (category_id int4, category_name text); > create table article_image_assoc (artice_id int4, image_id int4); > create table image (image_id int4, server_image_name text); > > SELECT a.article_id, a.title, c.category_id, c.category_name, i.image_id > FROM > (article a JOIN article_category_assoc acs ON a.article_id=acs.article_id > JOIN category c ON c.category_id=acs.category_id ) > LEFT JOIN article_image_assoc aia ON a.article_id = aia.article_id > LEFT JOIN image i ON i.image_id = aia.image_id; > > article_id | title | category_id | category_name | image_id > ------------+-----------+-------------+---------------+---------- > 1 | article 1 | 1 | category 1 | 1 > 2 | article 2 | 1 | category 1 | > (2 rows) > > I think the trick is the two LEFT JOINs rather than one. You might find > it easier to make a couple of views for the various bits and then join > the views: > > create view article_view as > select a.article_id, a.title, c.category_id, c.category_name from > (article a JOIN article_category_assoc acs on a.article_id=acs.article_id > JOIN category c on c.category_id=acs.category_id ); > > create view image_view as > select aia.article_id,i.image_id from article_image_assoc aia join image > i on i.image_id = aia.image_id; > > select av.*, iv.* from article_view av left join image_view iv on > av.article_id=iv.article_id; > > - Richard Huxton > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749