Thanks a lot, that worked for me! 

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Huxton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:47 PM
To: Wadhwa, Amit
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] Complex Query - Data from 3 tables simultaneously

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>  
> Basically I want a raw dump of data
> - Should have all the shipments regardless of whether they have any 
> material items entered or not
> - Should have all Material Items for Every Shipment regardless of 
> whether it was issued or not.
>  
> I know I need an outer join (Do I Not?), but am confused as to how to 
> implement it.
> Because this seems to be a requirement of a reversed outer join (??)

SELECT s.*, m.*, i.*
FROM
   shipments s
LEFT JOIN
   materials m
ON s.www = m.xxx
LEFT JOIN
   issued i
ON m.yyy = i.zzz
WHERE
  s.whatever = something

-- 
   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd


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