Thread: Joins!!

Joins!!

From
Gurudutt
Date:
Hello,

I have few set of questions for the PGSQL list users

Q 1. Consider the following query, suppose I want the sum of the
tickettabcount and ticketmultabcount, how do I modify my query to get the
same. If I use operator "+" in between these, it's been ignored by the
PgSQL and throws a error!!

QUERY
-----
select count(tickettab.tokenid) as tickettabcount,
(select count(tokenid) from ticketmultab
where agentid='danny' and arrivaldate='2001-11-12') as
ticketmultabcount
from tickettab
where tickettab.agentid='danny' and
tickettab.arrivaldate='2001-11-12'

RESULT
-------


tickettabcount  || ticketmultabcount
-------------      ------------------
9                   2




Q 2. I join two tables, I get a result set which has values from
both the tables, now if I want to sort the combination of the result
set how do I do that!!, not the individual table result set.

Hoping for positive reply, thanks!!

-- 
Best regards,Gurudutt                          mailto:guru@indvalley.com

Life is not fair - get used to it.
Bill Gates



Re: Joins!!

From
Haller Christoph
Date:
> 
> Q 1. Consider the following query, suppose I want the sum of the
> tickettabcount and ticketmultabcount, how do I modify my query to get the
> same. If I use operator "+" in between these, it's been ignored by the
> PgSQL and throws a error!!
> 
> QUERY
> -----
> select count(tickettab.tokenid) as tickettabcount,
> (select count(tokenid) from ticketmultab
> where agentid='danny' and arrivaldate='2001-11-12') as
> ticketmultabcount
> from tickettab
> where tickettab.agentid='danny' and
> tickettab.arrivaldate='2001-11-12'
> 
> RESULT
> -------
> 
> 
> tickettabcount  || ticketmultabcount
> -------------      ------------------
> 9                   2
> 
Don't use the column name aliasing and it should work: 
select sum(tickettab.tokenid) + 
(select sum(tokenid) from ticketmultab
where agentid='danny' and arrivaldate='2001-11-12') 
from tickettab
where tickettab.agentid='danny' and
tickettab.arrivaldate='2001-11-12' ; 
> 
> 
> Q 2. I join two tables, I get a result set which has values from
> both the tables, now if I want to sort the combination of the result
> set how do I do that!!, not the individual table result set.
> 
What is so mysterious about your join? 
To answer your question, it would be very helpful to see the query 
instead of reading prose. 
Reagrds, Christoph 


Re: Joins!!

From
Gurudutt
Date:
Hello Haller,

Thanks for the reply, although I found a peculiar bug in PhpPgAdmin
(Ver: 2.2.1),the web client for postgres. It used to escape the "+" operator
everytime I used it, but then tried the same query in psql, it
worked!!

I have two tables

1. tickettab
2. ticketmultab

Both the tables have arrivaldate and arrivaltime as fields

I want to sort the combination of the result set, like
suppose an entry exists in tickettab as 2001-11-12 12:30
and the next entry in tickettab is 2001-11-12 16:40

if there exists a entry in ticketmultab as 2001-11-12 13.30
then I should get  the results as follows


ticketid      arrival date    arrival time

1             2001-11-12      12:30:00              -- tickettab entry
2             2001-11-12      13:30:00              --ticketmultab entry
3             2001-11-12      16:40:00              -- tickettab entry

so depending on the arrival date and arrival time I need the result
set to be sorted.

I used bubble sort in php by moving the result set into an array and
then sorting it. Is there any other way to do this thru SQL.


--
Best regards,
 Gurudutt                            mailto:guru@indvalley.com

Life is not fair - get used to it.
Bill Gates

Wednesday, November 14, 2001, 4:05:24 AM, you wrote:

>>
>> Q 1. Consider the following query, suppose I want the sum of the
>> tickettabcount and ticketmultabcount, how do I modify my query to get the
>> same. If I use operator "+" in between these, it's been ignored by the
>> PgSQL and throws a error!!
>>
>> QUERY
>> -----
>> select count(tickettab.tokenid) as tickettabcount,
>> (select count(tokenid) from ticketmultab
>> where agentid='danny' and arrivaldate='2001-11-12') as
>> ticketmultabcount
>> from tickettab
>> where tickettab.agentid='danny' and
>> tickettab.arrivaldate='2001-11-12'
>>
>> RESULT
>> -------
>>
>>
>> tickettabcount  || ticketmultabcount
>> -------------      ------------------
>> 9                   2
>>
HC> Don't use the column name aliasing and it should work:
HC> select sum(tickettab.tokenid) +
HC> (select sum(tokenid) from ticketmultab
HC> where agentid='danny' and arrivaldate='2001-11-12')
HC> from tickettab
HC> where tickettab.agentid='danny' and
HC> tickettab.arrivaldate='2001-11-12' ;
>>
>>
>> Q 2. I join two tables, I get a result set which has values from
>> both the tables, now if I want to sort the combination of the result
>> set how do I do that!!, not the individual table result set.
>>
HC> What is so mysterious about your join?
HC> To answer your question, it would be very helpful to see the query
HC> instead of reading prose.
HC> Reagrds, Christoph

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