"Joost Kraaijeveld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all,
> I have 2 tables:
> table1 with the columns objectid, refobjectid, commonvaluecol and value1.
> table2 with the columns objectid, refobjectid, commonvaluecol and value2.
> A "select * from table2 where commonvaluecol = 123 and value2 > 0" returns
> no rows.
> I create a view:
> create view miracle as
> select table1.objectid, table1.value1, table1.commonvalue,
> table1.refobjectid, table2.value2
> from table1 joing table2 on table1.refobjectid = table2.refobjectid
> where commonvaluecol = 123
regression=# create table table1(objectid int, refobjectid int, commonvaluecol
int, value1 int);
CREATE TABLE
regression=# create table table2(objectid int, refobjectid int, commonvaluecol
int, value2 int);
CREATE TABLE
regression=# create view miracle as
regression-# select table1.objectid, table1.value1, table1.commonvalue,
table1.refobjectid, table2.value2
regression-# from table1 joing table2 on table1.refobjectid = table2.refobjectid
regression-# where commonvaluecol = 123;
ERROR: syntax error at or near "table2" at character 135
LINE 3: from table1 joing table2 on table1.refobjectid = table2.refo...
^
regression=# create view miracle as
regression-# select table1.objectid, table1.value1, table1.commonvalue,
table1.refobjectid, table2.value2
regression-# from table1 join table2 on table1.refobjectid = table2.refobjectid
regression-# where commonvaluecol = 123;
ERROR: column table1.commonvalue does not exist
regression=# create view miracle as
regression-# select table1.objectid, table1.value1, table1.commonvaluecol,
table1.refobjectid, table2.value2
regression-# from table1 join table2 on table1.refobjectid = table2.refobjectid
regression-# where commonvaluecol = 123;
ERROR: column reference "commonvaluecol" is ambiguous
regression=#
Please don't waste our time with erroneous examples.
regards, tom lane
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