Stefan Weiss <krewech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > - running this query - > > SELECT name > FROM dossier_contact_v > WHERE dossier_id = 56993 > AND ctype = 234 > UNION > SELECT name > FROM dossier_contact_v > WHERE dossier_id = -1 > AND ctype = -1 > ORDER BY ctype; > > - fails with the following error message: > > ERROR: column "ctype" does not exist > LINE 10: ORDER BY ctype;
The reult table doesn't contain a column "ctype", it contains only "name". Rewrite your query to something like: select name from (select name, ctype from ... union select name, ctype from ...) foo order by ctype Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
