Richard, Thanks, a followup.
I believe this will not work (novice, so take w/ grain of salt). I tried the following: chlamy_est=> CREATE VIEW contig_x_vw AS SELECT contig_id FROM clone_contig, clone WHERE chlamy_est-> clone_contig.clone_id = clone.clone_id AND read='x'; CREATE chlamy_est=> CREATE VIEW contig_y_vw AS SELECT contig_id FROM clone_contig, clone WHERE chlamy_est-> clone_contig.clone_id = clone.clone_id AND read='y'; CREATE chlamy_est=> SELECT contig_id FROM contig_x_vw, contig_y_vw WHERE contig_x_vw.clone_id = chlamy_est-> contig_y_vw.clone.id; ERROR: Column reference "contig_id" is ambiguous If I understand the logic, you SELECT: all contig_ids where where clone.read = 'x' (VIEW contig_x_vw) all contig_ids where where clone.read = 'y' (VIEW contig_y_vw) find isect of these two wehere their clone_ids are same However, their clone_ids will never be the same as in the example. cloneA.project=cloneB.project cloneA.plate=cloneB.plate cloneA.row=cloneB.row cloneA.col=cloneB.col TABLE clone 'A' 'B' clone_id 12018 12019 project 894 894 plate 27 27 row G G col 9 9 read x y ?? Charles > > > > In the data below, the contig '20020630.488.1'(contig_id:13805) is > > composed of 2 clones (clone_id='12018' and '12019') which are > > 894027G09.x and 894027G09.y, respectively. > > > > TABLE clone 'A' 'B' > > > > clone_id 12018 12019 > > project 894 894 > > plate 27 27 > > row G G > > col 9 9 > > read x y > > > > Table clone_contig: > > > > clone_id contig_id > > 12018 13805 > > 12019 13805 > > How about something like: > > CREATE VIEW contig_x_vw AS SELECT contig_id FROM clone_config, clone WHERE > clone_config.clone_id = clone.clone_id AND read='x'; > CREATE VIEW contig_y_vw AS [same but for y] > > SELECT config_id FROM contig_x_vw, contig_y_vw WHERE contig_x_vw.clone_id = > contig_y_vw.clone.id; > > You don't need the views, but they make the example easier. > > - Richard Huxton > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])