am Wed, dem 04.06.2008, um 8:41:29 +0100 mailte Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz folgendes: > I have 3 similar SELECTs. I am wondering whether they could be rolled > into one? > > > SELECT > item.id > department.id || section.id || category.id as x
Syntax error, missing , between the columns ;-) > FROM item > LEFT JOIN product ON ... > LEFT JOIN department ON ... > LEFT JOIN section ON ... > LEFT JOIN category ON ... > > SELECT > item.id > department.id || section.id as x > FROM item > LEFT JOIN product ON ... > LEFT JOIN department ON ... > LEFT JOIN section ON ... > > SELECT > item.id > department.id as x > FROM item > LEFT JOIN product ON ... > LEFT JOIN department ON ... If i understand you correctly: use UNION, like select foo1 as foo, bar1 as bar from table1 UNION ALL select foo2, bar2 from table2; The result table contains 2 columns foo and bar and all rows from both selects. Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG-ID: 0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql