On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:04:21 +0200 Andre Schubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to compare if a tuple in c exist in b for each c.d_id and b.a_id. > In c exists 3 tuples: (1,2), (3,4), (5) > and want to find these tuples in b. Probably I would think I have reached the correct query. Table b and c, however, must have unique indices like the following in order to get the result by using it, because it pays no attention to the duplicate keys. If there are no primary keys, it will become more complicated for eliminating duplicate keys. create table b ( a_id int, c_id int, constraint p_key_b primary key(a_id, c_id) ); create table c ( b_id int, d_id int, constraint p_key_c primary key(b_id, d_id) ); SELECT a.name, d.name FROM (SELECT t2.a_id, t2.d_id FROM (SELECT b.a_id, t1.d_id, t1.n FROM (SELECT c.b_id, c.d_id, t0.n FROM c, (SELECT d_id, COUNT(*) AS n FROM c GROUP BY d_id) AS t0 WHERE c.d_id = t0.d_id ) AS t1 LEFT OUTER JOIN b ON (t1.b_id = b.c_id) WHERE b.a_id IS NOT NULL ) AS t2 GROUP BY t2.a_id, t2.d_id, t2.n HAVING COUNT(*) = t2.n ) AS t3, a, d WHERE a.id = t3.a_id AND d.id = t3.d_id Regards, Masaru Sugawara ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly