dynacom=# SELECT DISTINCT ON (qry.setid) qry.setid, qry.arragg[1:2] FROM (select distinct sst.setid,(array_agg(vsl.name) OVER (PARTITION BY sst.setid ORDER BY character_length(vsl.name))) as arragg FROM sissets sst, vessels vsl WHERE vsl.id=sst.vslid ORDER BY sst.setid) as qry WHERE array_length(qry.arragg,1)>1 AND qry.setid IN (SELECT setid from sis_oper_cons) ORDER BY qry.setid,array_length(qry.arragg,1); setid | arragg -------+---------------------------------- 54 | {EQUZZZ,SAMZZZ} 55 | {"ZZZR","ZZZTRAVEL"} 81 | {"ZZZ SISTER","ZZZ DUMMY II"} (3 rows)
however, there is not column setid in sis_oper_cons, dynacom=# SELECT setid from sis_oper_cons; ERROR: column "setid" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT setid from sis_oper_cons; ^ 9.2.2 Postgresql treats qry.setid IN (SELECT setid from sis_oper_cons) as true. However, making subquery look like (SELECT soc.setid from sis_oper_cons soc), as in dynacom=# SELECT DISTINCT ON (qry.setid) qry.setid, qry.arragg[1:2] FROM (select distinct sst.setid,(array_agg(vsl.name) OVER (PARTITION BY sst.setid ORDER BY character_length(vsl.name))) as arragg FROM sissets sst, vessels vsl WHERE vsl.id=sst.vslid ORDER BY sst.setid) as qry WHERE array_length(qry.arragg,1)>1 AND qry.setid NOT IN (SELECT soc.setid from sis_oper_cons soc) ORDER BY qry.setid,array_length(qry.arragg,1); ERROR: column soc.setid does not exist LINE 1: ...gth(qry.arragg,1)>1 AND qry.setid NOT IN (SELECT soc.setid ... ^ dynacom=# postgresql corerctly identifies and throws the error. - Achilleas Mantzios IT DEV IT DEPT Dynacom Tankers Mgmt -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql