On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 02:43:07PM -0700, Bill Ewing wrote: > I am having trouble getting joins to work. In a Java app that uses Hibernate 3.1, I am able to build queries that join two, three or more tables using combinations of INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN or RIGHT JOIN. But, I need FULL OUTER JOIN to work and have not been able to get them to work in Hibernate. > > So I decided to go back to basics and practice trial joins in the PgAdminIII Query tool (v1.4.1, Dec 05). > > Just to warm up, I did the following simple queries which all worked: > select * FROM rack r > select * FROM sample s > > The above two tables are linked. But, none of the following SQL worked: > select * FROM rack r JOIN sample s > select * FROM rack r INNER JOIN sample s These statements are incomplete. You need to say what you're joining on. For example: select * FROM rack r JOIN sample s USING (joinfield) or select * FROM rack r JOIN sample s ON (r.a = s.b); If you really don't want any constraints, use a comma, or a cross join Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
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