Re: Join question

Phillip Smith wrote:
> Whoops, I forgot the JOIN conditions! Fixed below
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillip Smith [mailto:phillip.smith@weatherbeeta.com.au] 
> Sent: Friday, 27 July 2007 11:47
> To: 'pgsql-sql@postgresql.org'
> Subject: RE: [SQL] Join question
> 
> 
> This might give you a starting point if I understand you correctly...
> 
> SELECT h.invoice_number,
>      h.customer,
>      l.item,
>       l.amount
> FROM    lines AS l
> JOIN    headers AS h ON l.invoice_number = h.invoice_number
> UNION
> SELECT h.invoice_number,
>      h.customer,
>      s.item,
>       s.amount
> FROM    sundries AS s
> JOIN    headers AS h ON s.invoice_number = h.invoice_number
> ORDER BY invoice_number, item
> 

Forgot all about union - I had two individual views, one for 
invoice+parts, one for invoice+sundries... didn't think of union to 
combine the two views together.

Perfect solution, you've done it for me again Phillip, thanks.

-- 
Paul Lambert
Database Administrator
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