Re: simple join problem

On Wednesday 19 Feb 2003 6:51 pm, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> Sorry for the simple question, but I'm struggling with a join.
>
> I'm creating a view that will show data from 4 tables.  The problem is, I
> want the view to show a record for every entry in the "users" table, even
> if there is no matching entry all or some of the other tables.
>
> Right now my view only shows records that have data in all 4 tables.  I
> know I've had this problem before and I know there's simple syntax, but
> I've only done it with two tables in the join and I (apparently) can't
> remember the correct syntax.
>
> Can anyone demonstrate the correct syntax for joining several tables in
> this way?
>
> Here's my view definition:
> SELECT
>     users.uid, users.loginid, users."password", users.title,
>     users.firstname, users.middlename, users.lastname, users.suffix,
>     users.organization, users.job_title, users_address.address1,
>     users_address.address2, users_address.address3, users_address.city,
>      users_address.state, users_address.zip, users_address.country,
>     users_email.email, users_phone.phone
> FROM (((users
>     LEFT JOIN users_address ON ((users.uid = users_address.uid)))
>     LEFT JOIN users_email ON ((users.uid = users_email.uid)))
>     LEFT JOIN users_phone ON ((users.uid = users_phone.uid)))
> WHERE (((users_address."primary" = 't'::bool)
>   AND (users_email."primary" = 't'::bool))
>   AND (users_phone."primary" = 't'::bool));

If there isn't data in all tables users_email.primary can't be "t" can it? Try
adding OR IS NULL inside the brackets and see if that does what you want.

--  Richard Huxton