Re: How to get joins to work

On Oct 25, 2006, at 6:43 , Bill Ewing wrote:

> The above two tables are linked.  But, none of the following SQL
> worked:
>   select * FROM rack r JOIN sample s
>   select * FROM rack r INNER JOIN sample s
>
>
> In each case I get a message "ERROR:  syntax error at end of input
> at character X" where X is the last character in the statement.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

Unless you're using NATURAL JOIN, you need to specify the join
condition using a USING or ON clause, e.g.,

SELECT *
FROM rack r
JOIN sample s USING (rack_id)

or

SELECT *
FROM rack r
JOIN sample s ON (r.rack_id = s.rack_id)

That should do it.

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net