> > In some way, every join is a cross join, with the results filtered according to the specificity of the join conditions. In this case: > > inner join model_configurations mc on left(crm.customer_class, 6) = left(mc.sap_code,6) > > "customer_class" sounds like a fairly generic sort of field, so you'd expect many matches. Truncating the fields is likely to make this even less specific, returning more results. > I guess I am not explaining it properly.. Say I created new columns on both tables called "first_6" and populated them with the substrings. If I did a inner join or a left join on those fields would I still get a cross join? inner join model_configurations mc on mc.first_6 = crm.first_6 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
