Thread: using a common key value on both sides of a union ?
psql (9.6.7, server 11.3) on linux
I want to do something like this
(intentionally bad sql but will illustrate the need)
select s.name,s.grade from students s where s.class='math'
union
select 'whole class', class_grade from all_classes where class=s.class
Of course it's that "where class=s.class" that's a foul.
In English, I want a list of each math student and their grade and then append one more record for the entire class, a record that comes from a different table but narrowed down to that one class.
I don't care if union isn't the right approach. Anything that works is welcome !
Thanks in Advance
On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, David Gauthier <davegauthierpg@gmail.com> wrote:
psql (9.6.7, server 11.3) on linuxI want to do something like this(intentionally bad sql but will illustrate the need)select s.name,s.grade from students s where s.class='math'unionselect 'whole class', class_grade from all_classes where class=s.classOf course it's that "where class=s.class" that's a foul.In English, I want a list of each math student and their grade and then append one more record for the entire class, a record that comes from a different table but narrowed down to that one class.I don't care if union isn't the right approach. Anything that works is welcome !
You are correct this model seems undesirable but given you have it why doesn’t the following work for you?
Select students where class = ‘math’
Union all
Select all_classes where class = ‘math’
The generally better query is:
Select from students ... group by rollup
David J.
On Wed, 2020-04-01 at 19:39 -0400, David Gauthier wrote: > psql (9.6.7, server 11.3) on linux > > I want to do something like this > (intentionally bad sql but will illustrate the need) > > select s.name,s.grade from students s where s.class='math' > union > select 'whole class', class_grade from all_classes where class=s.class > > Of course it's that "where class=s.class" that's a foul. > > In English, I want a list of each math student and their grade and then append one more record for the entire class, arecord that comes from a different table but narrowed down to that one class. > > I don't care if union isn't the right approach. Anything that works is welcome ! SELECT s.name, s.grade FROM students s WHERE s.class = 'math' UNION SELECT 'whole class', a.class_grade FROM all_classes a WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM students s1 WHERE a.class = s1.class AND s1.class = 'math'); I deliberately ignored that the condition could be simplified substantially. Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com