Thread: Column name

Column name

From
Linh Luong
Date:
Hi,

I am trying to do a 2 joins between 3 tables.

ie)
select <some field>, coalesce(TRR.ABC, SOC.ABC) as newABC, ...
from A join (B join C on (..)) on (..)) as TRR
    left join
(D join E on (..)) as SOC on (TRR.Field1=SOC.Field2)

When I run this it says that there is an ambiguous field.  Yes after the
join for TRR and SOC they both contain a fields name ABC.  How can I
rename this field in the sql statement or how can I make it so the sql
statement know that they are different.

Please help.. .thanks

--
Linh Luong
Computalog Ltd.
Software Developer
Phone: (780) 464-6686 (ext 325)
Email: linh.luong@computalog.com

Re: Column name

From
"Gyozo Papp"
Date:
after the table alias you can rename your cloumns in join:

> select <some field>, coalesce(TRR.ABC, SOC.ABC) as newABC, ...
> from A join (B join C on (..)) on (..))
as TRR(<new column names>) <-- here

> left join
> (D join E on (..)) as SOC on (TRR.Field1=SOC.Field2)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linh Luong" <linh.luong@computalog.com>
To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: 2001. május 24. 21:58
Subject: [GENERAL] Column name


> Hi,
>
> I am trying to do a 2 joins between 3 tables.
>
> ie)
> select <some field>, coalesce(TRR.ABC, SOC.ABC) as newABC, ...
> from A join (B join C on (..)) on (..)) as TRR
> left join
> (D join E on (..)) as SOC on (TRR.Field1=SOC.Field2)
>
> When I run this it says that there is an ambiguous field.  Yes after the
> join for TRR and SOC they both contain a fields name ABC.  How can I
> rename this field in the sql statement or how can I make it so the sql
> statement know that they are different.
>
> Please help.. .thanks
>
> --
> Linh Luong
> Computalog Ltd.
> Software Developer
> Phone: (780) 464-6686 (ext 325)
> Email: linh.luong@computalog.com
>
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