Hi! I expect the SELECT to return two rows. Would some kind soul explain for me why it gives only one row?
TIA CN ============= CREATE TABLE x(c1 text,c2 int2); INSERT INTO x VALUES('a',10); INSERT INTO x VALUES('b',NULL); CREATE TABLE y(c1 int2,c2 int2,c3 text); INSERT INTO y VALUES(10,9,'yyy'); CREATE TABLE z(c1 text,c2 text); INSERT INTO z VALUES('a','zzz'); INSERT INTO z VALUES('b','zzzz'); SELECT x.c1,y.c3,z.c2 FROM x JOIN z USING (c1) LEFT OUTER JOIN y ON (x.c2=y.c1) WHERE y.c2=9; c1 | c3 | c2 ----+-----+----- a | yyy | zzz ========================= Comment: The following version of SELECT does return two rows as expected, however: SELECT x.c1,y.c3,z.c2 FROM x JOIN z USING (c1) LEFT OUTER JOIN y ON (x.c2=y.c1); c1 | c3 | c2 ----+-----+------ a | yyy | zzz b | | zzzz -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql