Thread: Migration from SQLite Help (Left Join)

SELECT c.customer_id as customer_id,c.customer_number as customer_number,
c.customer_name as customer_name,c.customer_status as
customer_status,cat.category_name as category_name,
c.bill_state as bill_state, coalesce(ctots.balance_due, 0.00) as
balance FROM customers as c,
customer_categories as cat
left join
(Select customer_id as cid, coalesce(sum(balance_due),0) as balance_due
FROM invoice_master WHERE status = 'Pending' group by cid) ctots on
ctots.cid = c.customer_id
where cat.category_id = c.category_id AND customer_name
LIKE lower('%%')  AND (c.customer_status = 'Terminated' OR
c.customer_status = 'Active' or c.customer_status = 'Inactive')
ORDER BY c.customer_number DESC  LIMIT 25

I know, it's a beast, but I'm porting an application from SQLite to
PostgreSQL and this is the only query that isn't working properly in
PostgreSQL.

The error is "ERROR: invalid reference to FROM-clause entry for table "c"
Hint: There is an entry for table "c", but it cannot be referenced
from this part of the query.
Character: 475" - it's the "on ctots.cid = c.customer_id " part that's breaking.

Is there any way to accomplish the same thing in PG?

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Mitchell Vincent skrev:
> SELECT c.customer_id as customer_id,c.customer_number as customer_number,
> c.customer_name as customer_name,c.customer_status as
> customer_status,cat.category_name as category_name,
> c.bill_state as bill_state, coalesce(ctots.balance_due, 0.00) as
> balance FROM customers as c,
> customer_categories as cat
> left join
> (Select customer_id as cid, coalesce(sum(balance_due),0) as balance_due
> FROM invoice_master WHERE status = 'Pending' group by cid) ctots on
> ctots.cid = c.customer_id
> where cat.category_id = c.category_id AND customer_name
> LIKE lower('%%')  AND (c.customer_status = 'Terminated' OR
> c.customer_status = 'Active' or c.customer_status = 'Inactive')
> ORDER BY c.customer_number DESC  LIMIT 25

The problem seems to be that you expect

SELECT a
FROM b,c LEFT JOIN d

to be interpreted as

SELECT a
FROM (b CROSS JOIN c) LEFT JOIN d

whereas it is translated by postgresql as

SELECT a
FROM b CROSS JOIN (c LEFT JOIN d)

There are many ways to fix this - I would suggest moving the join
condition into the FROM-clause:

SELECT c.customer_id as customer_id,c.customer_number as customer_number,
c.customer_name as customer_name,c.customer_status as
customer_status,cat.category_name as category_name,
c.bill_state as bill_state, coalesce(ctots.balance_due, 0.00) as
balance FROM customers as c INNER JOIN
customer_categories as cat ON cat.category_id = c.category_id
LEFT JOIN
(Select customer_id as cid, coalesce(sum(balance_due),0) as balance_due
FROM invoice_master WHERE status = 'Pending' group by cid) ctots on
ctots.cid = c.customer_id
WHERE customer_name LIKE lower('%%')  AND (c.customer_status =
'Terminated' OR c.customer_status = 'Active' or c.customer_status =
'Inactive')
ORDER BY c.customer_number DESC  LIMIT 25

In fact, I believe you could remove the subquery as well:

SELECT c.customer_id as customer_id,c.customer_number as customer_number,
c.customer_name as customer_name,c.customer_status as
customer_status,cat.category_name as category_name,
c.bill_state as bill_state, coalesce(sum(im.balance_due, 0.00) as
balance FROM customers as c INNER JOIN
customer_categories as cat ON cat.category_id = c.category_id
LEFT JOIN invoice_master im ON im.status = 'Pending' AND im.cid =
c.customer_id
WHERE customer_name LIKE lower('%%')  AND (c.customer_status =
'Terminated' OR c.customer_status = 'Active' or c.customer_status =
'Inactive')
ORDER BY c.customer_number DESC  LIMIT 25

Nis Jørgensen <nis@superlativ.dk> writes:
> The problem seems to be that you expect

> SELECT a
> FROM b,c LEFT JOIN d

> to be interpreted as

> SELECT a
> FROM (b CROSS JOIN c) LEFT JOIN d

The depressing part of this report is that it sounds like sqlite has
emulated this bit of mysql brain-damage ...
        regards, tom lane