Thread: convert access sql to postgresql
Hey guys. I have a long piece of sql that I'm trying to take out of an existing Access db and modify to work with Postgresql. I've started trying to convert it, but I've come across a problem that I don't even know how to describe, let alone google. Here's the function INSERT INTO MemberMailingAddress ( mb_cn_num, mb_acct_num, isactive, ismember, ismail, ispromomail, ... <trimmed for your convenience> ... ) SELECT mb_cn_num, mb_acct_num, mb_stat_cd<>1 as isactive, mb_stat_cd=0 as ismember, isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1) as ismail, ismail and (mb_stat_cd=0 or mb_stat_cd=2) as ispromomail, ... <trimmed for your convenience> ... FROM member ORDER BY mb_cn_num, mb_acct_num ; Specifically I'm looking at these two lines isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1) as ismail, ismail and (mb_stat_cd=0 or mb_stat_cd=2) as ispromomail, which appear to use other fields it's preparing to insert as variables in the determination of the values of other fields (I told you I couldn't figure out how to explain it). Does anybody have any idea what I'm talking about? I sure don't. Thomas R. Hart II tomhart@coopfed.org
Tom Hart wrote: > Specifically I'm looking at these two lines > > isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1) as ismail, > ismail and (mb_stat_cd=0 or mb_stat_cd=2) as ispromomail, > > which appear to use other fields it's preparing to insert as variables > in the determination of the values of other fields (I told you I > couldn't figure out how to explain it). I can't tell more without the exact table definitions, but this should work just fine. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Tom Hart wrote:
>
>> Specifically I'm looking at these two lines
>>
>> isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1) as ismail,
>> ismail and (mb_stat_cd=0 or mb_stat_cd=2) as ispromomail,
>>
>> which appear to use other fields it's preparing to insert as variables
>> in the determination of the values of other fields (I told you I
>> couldn't figure out how to explain it).
>>
>
> I can't tell more without the exact table definitions, but this should work
> just fine.
>
The error I'm receiving is
ERROR: column "isactive" does not exist
LINE 26: isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1) as ismail,
^
Here are the table definitions for member (from) and
membermailingaddress (to)
current=# \d member
Table "public.member"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-----------------------+---------------+-----------
mb_acct_closed_dt | date |
mb_acct_num | numeric(6,2) | not null
mb_alt_num | text |
mb_backwithhold_perc | integer |
mb_birth_dt | date |
mb_cell_phone | text |
mb_census_tract | numeric(6,2) |
mb_city | text |
mb_cn_num | integer | not null
mb_credit_score | text |
mb_credit_score_date | date |
mb_ctr_cd | text |
mb_drivers_license | text |
mb_email_acct_num | numeric(6,2) |
mb_email_address | text |
mb_email_cn_num | integer |
mb_email_rec | integer |
mb_employ_phone | text |
mb_employer | text |
mb_first_name | text |
mb_flag4 | text |
mb_frst_99r_rec | integer |
mb_frst_at_rec | integer |
mb_frst_cl_rec | integer |
mb_frst_ct_rec | integer |
mb_frst_df_rec | integer |
mb_frst_ira_rec | integer |
mb_frst_ln_rec | integer |
mb_frst_sh_rec | integer |
mb_frst_tran_rec | integer |
mb_head_of_household | text |
mb_hire_dt | date |
mb_home_phone | text |
mb_homebank_status | text |
mb_income | numeric(10,2) |
mb_jand/or_cd | text |
mb_jfirst_name | text |
mb_jlast_name | text |
mb_jmid_init | text |
mb_join_dt | date |
mb_joint_birth_dt | date |
mb_joint_relationship | text |
mb_jssn_num | text |
mb_jsuff | text |
mb_last_name | text |
mb_life_ins_amt | numeric(10,2) |
mb_life_save_amt | numeric(10,2) |
mb_loc_cd | text |
mb_lst_act_dt | date |
mb_lst_tran_cd | text |
mb_lst_tran_rec | text |
mb_m/f_cd | text |
mb_mail_addr1 | text |
mb_mail_addr2 | text |
mb_mail_cd | integer |
mb_mail_city | text |
mb_mail_state | text |
mb_mail_zip_cd | text |
mb_master_rec | integer |
mb_mid_init | text |
mb_misc_cd | text |
mb_ofac_verified | text |
mb_payroll_num | integer |
mb_privacy_code | integer |
mb_prn_state | text |
mb_send_estatement | text |
mb_soc_emp_cd | integer |
mb_soc_sec_num | text |
mb_stat_cd | integer |
mb_state_cd | text |
mb_statement_pages | text |
mb_str_addr1 | text |
mb_str_addr2 | text |
mb_suff | text |
mb_tot_payroll | numeric(10,2) |
mb_vru_status | integer |
mb_w9_ver_cd | integer |
mb_withold | text |
mb_zip_cd | text |
Indexes:
"member_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (mb_cn_num, mb_acct_num)
current=# \d membermailingaddress
Table "public.membermailingaddress"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-----------------+--------------+-----------
mb_cn_num | integer |
mb_acct_num | numeric(6,1) |
isactive | boolean |
ismember | boolean |
ismail | boolean |
ispromomail | boolean |
householdid | numeric |
householdsize | integer |
name1 | text |
name2 | text |
addr1 | text |
addr2 | text |
addr3 | text |
city | text |
state | text |
zip | text |
zip5 | text |
xxprimaryname | text |
xxjointname | text |
xxhouseholdhash | text |
Tom Hart wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> Tom Hart wrote: >> >>> Specifically I'm looking at these two lines >>> >>> isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1) as ismail, >>> ismail and (mb_stat_cd=0 or mb_stat_cd=2) as ispromomail, >>> >>> which appear to use other fields it's preparing to insert as variables >>> in the determination of the values of other fields (I told you I >>> couldn't figure out how to explain it). >>> >> >> I can't tell more without the exact table definitions, but this >> should work just fine. >> > The error I'm receiving is > > ERROR: column "isactive" does not exist > LINE 26: isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1) as ismail, > ^ I've been doing some googling on sql aliases (my sql knowledge is far from impressive) and it appears that column aliases can be great for displaying different column names in your output. However I was unable to find any information regarding using column aliases as variables, like in the code above. I'm not sure why this works in access, but does postgreSQL support using a column alias like a variable within the query that the alias was defined in? I suppose the lines mb_stat_cd<>1 as isactive, mb_stat_cd=0 as ismember, (isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1)) as ismail, (ismail and (mb_stat_cd=0 or mb_stat_cd=2)) as ispromomail Could be written mb_stat_cd<>1 as isactive, mb_stat_cd=0 as ismember, ((mb_stat_cd<>1) and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1)) as ismail, (((mb_stat_cd<>1) and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1)) and (mb_stat_cd=0 or mb_stat_cd=2)) as ispromomail But if postgreSQL does indeed support this, and I can get it to work, I'd like to be able to use the syntax in the first set. TIA Thomas R. Hart II tomhart@coopfed.org
On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 05:43:44PM -0500, Tom Hart wrote: > I've been doing some googling on sql aliases (my sql knowledge is far > from impressive) and it appears that column aliases can be great for > displaying different column names in your output. However I was unable > to find any information regarding using column aliases as variables, > like in the code above. I'm not sure why this works in access, but does > postgreSQL support using a column alias like a variable within the query > that the alias was defined in? IIRC this is not mentioned in the SQL standard. Not sure why, maybe the theory is that all output columns are calculated simultenously which can't be true if they refer to eachother. Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. > -- John F Kennedy
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On Nov 16, 2007, at 5:43 PM, Tom Hart wrote: > Tom Hart wrote: >> Peter Eisentraut wrote: >>> Tom Hart wrote: >>> >>>> Specifically I'm looking at these two lines >>>> >>>> isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1) as ismail, >>>> ismail and (mb_stat_cd=0 or mb_stat_cd=2) as ispromomail, >>>> >>>> which appear to use other fields it's preparing to insert as >>>> variables >>>> in the determination of the values of other fields (I told you I >>>> couldn't figure out how to explain it). >>>> >>> >>> I can't tell more without the exact table definitions, but this >>> should work just fine. >>> >> The error I'm receiving is >> >> ERROR: column "isactive" does not exist >> LINE 26: isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1) as ismail, >> ^ > I've been doing some googling on sql aliases (my sql knowledge is > far from impressive) and it appears that column aliases can be > great for displaying different column names in your output. However > I was unable to find any information regarding using column aliases > as variables, like in the code above. I'm not sure why this works > in access, but does postgreSQL support using a column alias like a > variable within the query that the alias was defined in? Isn't the issue that you are not matching the case of the column? I'm guessing you used some kind of Access dump and loaded it into postgresql. If you must have capitalization in the column, you need to quote all references to the column. Here is the relevant FAQ: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ.html#item4.21 Cheers, M
Tom Hart wrote: > Hey guys. I have a long piece of sql that I'm trying to take out of an > existing Access db and modify to work with Postgresql. I've started > trying to convert it, but I've come across a problem that I don't even > know how to describe, let alone google. Here's the function > > INSERT INTO MemberMailingAddress ( > mb_cn_num, > mb_acct_num, > isactive, > ismember, > ismail, > ispromomail, > ... <trimmed for your convenience> ... > > ) > SELECT > mb_cn_num, > mb_acct_num, > mb_stat_cd<>1 as isactive, > mb_stat_cd=0 as ismember, > isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1) as ismail, > ismail and (mb_stat_cd=0 or mb_stat_cd=2) as ispromomail, > ... <trimmed for your convenience> ... > > FROM member > ORDER BY mb_cn_num, mb_acct_num > ; > > Specifically I'm looking at these two lines > > isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1) as ismail, > ismail and (mb_stat_cd=0 or mb_stat_cd=2) as ispromomail, > Lets's clarify something - the insert puts data into the MemberMailingAddress table which includes the column isactive The select retrieves and calculates data from the member table. The select calculates a value for the third column that you alias to be named isactive. Are you expecting the 5th and 6th column (as ismail - as ispromomail) to calculate from the 3rd and 5th column of the select or from the columns of MemberMailingAddress? If you expect the later you need to add a join to the MemberMailingAddress table to get those columns. (or use a sub-select to get the data) If you are only calculating from the member table then you will need to repeat the calculations instead of referring to the alias. And if this is the case how does the insert fit with the issue of the select? -- Shane Ambler pgSQL@Sheeky.Biz Get Sheeky @ http://Sheeky.Biz
Shane Ambler wrote: > Tom Hart wrote: >> Hey guys. I have a long piece of sql that I'm trying to take out of >> an existing Access db and modify to work with Postgresql. I've >> started trying to convert it, but I've come across a problem that I >> don't even know how to describe, let alone google. Here's the function >> >> INSERT INTO MemberMailingAddress ( >> mb_cn_num, >> mb_acct_num, >> isactive, >> ismember, >> ismail, >> ispromomail, >> ... <trimmed for your convenience> ... >> >> ) >> SELECT >> mb_cn_num, >> mb_acct_num, >> mb_stat_cd<>1 as isactive, >> mb_stat_cd=0 as ismember, >> isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1) as ismail, >> ismail and (mb_stat_cd=0 or mb_stat_cd=2) as ispromomail, >> ... <trimmed for your convenience> ... >> >> FROM member >> ORDER BY mb_cn_num, mb_acct_num >> ; >> >> Specifically I'm looking at these two lines >> >> isactive and (mb_mail_cd=0 or mb_mail_cd=1) as ismail, >> ismail and (mb_stat_cd=0 or mb_stat_cd=2) as ispromomail, >> > Lets's clarify something > - the insert puts data into the MemberMailingAddress table which > includes the column isactive > The select retrieves and calculates data from the member table. > The select calculates a value for the third column that you alias to > be named isactive. That's correct. > Are you expecting the 5th and 6th column (as ismail - as ispromomail) > to calculate from the 3rd and 5th column of the select or from the > columns of MemberMailingAddress? It's not that I expect pgSQL to do this, as much as I've seen access behave this way, in which column aliases were able to be used within the same select query in a "variable" type fashion. > If you expect the later you need to add a join to the > MemberMailingAddress table to get those columns. (or use a sub-select > to get the data) > If you are only calculating from the member table then you will need > to repeat the calculations instead of referring to the alias. And if > this is the case how does the insert fit with the issue of the select? I figured I would have to repeat the calculations (I've tried this with a small chunk of the sql with success). What I was really looking for was an answer on whether postgreSQL behaved this way, or if this was standard SQL. The answer I've been hearing is no on both counts, just wanted to be sure. Thank you for your reply. Thomas R. Hart II tomhart@coopfed.org