On 04/24/2015 08:06 AM, Greg Spiegelberg wrote:
Hi PG List, I'm missing something or haven't had enough coffee yet. What gives with the COALESCE in the view below? mxl_sqr=# \d users Table "public.users" Column | Type | Modifiers ---------+---------+----------- user_id | integer | not null Indexes: "users_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (user_id) CREATE TABLE ts1 ( user_id int references users(user_id), ts timestamptz default now() ); CREATE TABLE ts2 ( user_id int references users(user_id), ts timestamptz default now() ); CREATE TABLE ts3 ( user_id int references users(user_id), ts timestamptz default now() ); CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW user_timestamps AS SELECT COALESCE(ts1.user_id, ts2,user_id, ts3.user_id) AS user_id, max(ts1.ts) AS ts_x, max(ts2.ts) AS ts_y, max(ts3.ts) AS ts_z FROM ts1 LEFT JOIN ts2 USING (user_id) LEFT JOIN ts3 USING (user_id) GROUP BY 1; ERROR: COALESCE types integer and ts2 cannot be matched *LINE 3: SELECT COALESCE(ts1.user_id, ts2,user_id, ts3.user_id) AS us...* * ^ * All types match from start to finish. Thanks, -Greg
Maybe dot instead of comma? (ts2.user_id instead of ts2,user_id) -Andy -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general