PostgreSQL SQL - outer join in ms query

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outer join in ms query

gad renert via DBMonster.com

2005-04-16, 1:24 pm

Hello, I am a novice with SQL, I have 2 tables
(transfer)
bar_code | quant | date
723445...| 2 |01/03/2005

(imports)

bar_code | serial_no | supplier

I want to add to the first table (transfer)
next to each barcode the suppliers name from the (imports) table.

ms query doesn't allow me to do outer joins.

I tried:
SELECT transfer.bar_code, transfer.quant, imports.supplier
FROM transfer left join imports on transfer.bar_code=imports.bar_cod
GROUP BY transfer.bar_code

and it didn't work popperly, the (transfer) table is modified.
what i want to do is very similar to the VLOOKUP function in EXCELL

Hope that someone can help me.

Gadi

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Jeff Eckermann

2005-04-18, 11:23 am

MS Query is crippled. If you want to do much from Excel, you will need to
write code. But it's not difficult. ADO is a good choice for this.

"gad renert via DBMonster.com" <forum@nospam.DBMonster.com> wrote in message
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> Hello, I am a novice with SQL, I have 2 tables
> (transfer)
> bar_code | quant | date
> 723445...| 2 |01/03/2005
>
> (imports)
>
> bar_code | serial_no | supplier
>
>
> I want to add to the first table (transfer)
> next to each barcode the suppliers name from the (imports) table.
>
> ms query doesn't allow me to do outer joins.
>
> I tried:
> SELECT transfer.bar_code, transfer.quant, imports.supplier
> FROM transfer left join imports on transfer.bar_code=imports.bar_cod
> GROUP BY transfer.bar_code
>
> and it didn't work popperly, the (transfer) table is modified.
> what i want to do is very similar to the VLOOKUP function in EXCELL
>
> Hope that someone can help me.
>
> Gadi
>
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> Message posted via http://www.dbmonster.com

Philippe Lang

2005-04-18, 11:23 am

Or add a view to your PG database, and simply issue a select from Excel... That faster and easier to maintain that any code you can write client-side...

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Objet : Re: [SQL] outer join in ms query

MS Query is crippled. If you want to do much from Excel, you will need to write code. But it's not difficult. ADO is a good choice for this.

"gad renert via DBMonster.com" <forum@nospam.DBMonster.com> wrote in message news:91d2a328e2c04b1
086807bac8910c34c@DB
Monster.com...
> Hello, I am a novice with SQL, I have 2 tables
> (transfer)
> bar_code | quant | date
> 723445...| 2 |01/03/2005
>
> (imports)
>
> bar_code | serial_no | supplier
>
>
> I want to add to the first table (transfer) next to each barcode the
> suppliers name from the (imports) table.
>
> ms query doesn't allow me to do outer joins.
>
> I tried:
> SELECT transfer.bar_code, transfer.quant, imports.supplier FROM
> transfer left join imports on transfer.bar_code=imports.bar_cod GROUP
> BY transfer.bar_code
>
> and it didn't work popperly, the (transfer) table is modified.
> what i want to do is very similar to the VLOOKUP function in EXCELL
>
> Hope that someone can help me.
>
> Gadi
>
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