Peter,
> I'm sure the big brains have a better suggestion, but in the mean time
> could you do something as simple as:
>
> SELECT *
> FROM (select * from events where event_date BETWEEN 'date1' AND 'date2') e
> LEFT OUTER JOIN cases ON e.case_id = cases.case_id;
Thanks, but that doens't work; the planner will collapse the subquery into the
main query, which most of the time is the right thing to do.
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-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
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TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your
joining column's datatypes do not match
