Re: Problem with NOT IN portion of query.

Dnia 2004-01-12 05:04, Użytkownik Robert Creager napisał:
> Hey All,
> 
> Probably doing something stupid, and I'm too tired to see what.  The query I'm
> trying to execute is:
> 
> SELECT date_trunc( 'hour', "when" )::timestamp AS
> period FROM readings WHERE period NOT IN (SELECT "time" FROM
> hour.summary_period) GROUP BY period ORDER BY period;
> 
> Where the table definitions are:
> 
> CREATE TABLE readings ( "when" TIMESTAMP DEFAULT now() NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY );
> CREATE SCHEMA hour;
> CREATE TABLE hour.summary_period ( "time" TIMESTAMP NOT NULL );
> 
> The error is:
> 
> ERROR:  column "period" does not exist
> 
> When I remove the NOT IN (and associated WHERE), the query works fine.
Your problem has nothing to "NOT IN".
Your query works fine, when you remove column alias from WHERE clause - 
it's beacause WHERE clause is executed *before* data output (and before 
column aliases). You can still use column aliases in "GROUP BY" and 
"ORDER BY".

Regards,
Tomasz Myrta