Am 26.9.2006 schrieb "Tom Lane" <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> FROM ticket as t, permission as perm, enum as p >> LEFT OUTER JOIN ticket_custom c ON (t.id = c.ticket AND c.name = >> 'fachabteilung') > >The above is, plain and simple, wrong. According to the SQL spec, >JOIN binds more tightly than comma in a FROM-list, so what you had was > >FROM ..., (enum as p > LEFT OUTER JOIN ticket_custom c ON (t.id = c.ticket AND c.name = > 'fachabteilung')) > >which of course fails because only p and c are visible in the JOIN's >ON condition. You fixed it by moving "t" to become part of the JOIN >structure. ok, lesson learned. thank you! cheers, thomas