Thread: subselect test

subselect test

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"Robert B. Easter"
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SELECT a, (SELECT b FROM y LEFT JOIN n ON b = c WHERE b = a + 1) AS b, c FROM 
(SELECT * FROM y CROSS JOIN (x NATURAL RIGHT JOIN n)) AS z NATURAL JOIN 
(SELECT * FROM x) AS zz  WHERE a NOT IN (SELECT b FROM y NATURAL JOIN x WHERE 
b > 5) GROUP BY a, b, c HAVING a IN (SELECT b FROM y LEFT JOIN x ON (a = b) 
CROSS JOIN n WHERE b > 1) INTERSECT SELECT * FROM x,y,n EXCEPT SELECT * FROM 
x,y,n WHERE a < 3 ORDER BY a DESC LIMIT 10;   
   a     |    b     |    c
----------+----------+----------5.000000 | 6.000000 | 1.0000005.000000 | 6.000000 | 2.0000005.000000 | 6.000000 |
3.0000005.000000| 6.000000 | 4.0000005.000000 | 6.000000 | 5.0000005.000000 | 6.000000 | 6.0000005.000000 | 6.000000 |
7.0000004.000000| 5.000000 | 1.0000004.000000 | 5.000000 | 2.0000004.000000 | 5.000000 | 3.000000
 
(10 rows)                  

Is this confusing?  Is the result correct?  Anyway, these new complex queries 
seem to be doing something in 7.1 cvs!

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