Hi Richard! burn me, damn me! thank you. it is now working and i will sit back and read some more of the conf-options.
you just gave me a huge argument for the db and so i will probably win my fight against a stubborn professor, that wants to stick to his big fat o....e 'cause it is the most conforming db. thx, klaus * Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com> [2005-02-25 15:43: > From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com> > Subject: Re: [BUGS] select clause not according to SQL standard > To: Klaus Ita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org > X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavis (ClamAV) at stro.at > > Klaus Ita wrote: > > > >i have the following data: > > > >table L: > >LNR ORT LCODE MENGE > >L1 Graz A 1000 > >L2 Wien C 500 > >L3 Wien C 1500 > >L4 Linz B 1000 > >L5 Graz B 300 > > > > > >table P: > >PNR PNAME ORT PREIS > >P1 Alpha Wien 50.00 > >P2 Delta Linz 95.00 > >P3 Sigma Linz 75.00 > >P4 Omega Wien 40.00 > > > > > >now the problem: > > > >select l.ort; > >gives: > > > >ORT > >Graz > >Wien > >Wien > >Linz > >Graz > > > > > >select l.ort from p; > >gives: > > > >ORT > >Graz > >Wien > >Wien > >Linz > >Graz > >Graz > >Wien > etc > > Does it still do it if you disable "add_missing_from" in postgresql.conf? > -- > Richard Huxton > Archonet Ltd ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])