The Subject says it all. (author beats a hasty retreat). Quoting Dmitri Bichko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I don't see what the problem is. > Did you mean to insert (3,'C3') into table c, rather than b? > > create temp table a(keyf int, val text); > > create temp table b(keyf int, val text); > > create temp table c(keyf int, val text); > > insert into a values(1, 'A1'); > > insert into a values(2, 'A2'); > > insert into a values(3, 'A3'); > > insert into a values(4, 'A4'); > > insert into b values(1, 'B1'); > > insert into b values(2, 'B2'); > > insert into c values(2, 'C2'); > > insert into b values(3, 'C3'); > > select keyf, a.val as aval, > > coalesce(b.val,'Bxx') as bval, > > coalesce(c.val,'Cxx') as cval > > from a left join b using(keyf) left join c using (keyf); > > keyf aval bval cval > > ---- ---- ---- ---- > > 1 A1 B1 Cxx > > 2 A2 B2 C2 > > 3 A3 C3 Cxx > > 4 A4 Bxx Cxx ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings