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Re: Apparently I don't understand full outer joins....

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select
      coalesce(a.n,0) as a,
      coalesce(b.n,0) as b,
      coalesce(c.n,0) as c,
      coalesce(a.s,b.s,c.s) as s
from
      ( select 1 as n, 0 as s) a full outer join
      ( select 1 as n, 1 as s) b full outer join
      ( select 2 as n, 2 as s) c
on
      a.s = b.s and
      b.s = c.s


.... and get a syntax error at the end of my query. Apparently what I'm trying to do doesn't make sense?



Maybe this is what you want...

select
       coalesce(a.n,0) as a,
       coalesce(b.n,0) as b,
       coalesce(c.n,0) as c,
       coalesce(a.s,b.s,c.s) as s
from
       ( select 1 as n, 0 as s) a full outer join
       ( select 1 as n, 1 as s) b
on a.s = b.s

full outer join
       ( select 2 as n, 2 as s) c
on
       b.s = c.s


a | b | c | s ---+---+---+--- 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 0 | 0 | 2 | 2

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---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match

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