My understanding of UNION ALL is that it won't sort the rows...? -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Landscheidt Sent: Tuesday, 22 June 2010 9:41 AM To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: How to force select to return exactly one row Brett Mc Bride <brett.mcbride@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > How about: > SELECT * from ( > SELECT somecolumns > FROM ko > LEFT JOIN t1 ON t1.primarykey= ko.t1foreignkwey > ... > LEFT JOIN tn ON tn.primarykey= ko.tnforeignkwey > WHERE ko.primarykey='someprimarykeyvalue' > UNION ALL > SELECT default_value > ) > LIMIT 1; > [...] ... with a proper "ORDER BY" clause. Tim -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
