Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "Select ordnum from ordinace where dept='Finance' and ordnum in >> (Select ordnum from squareview where square='A') and ordnum in (select >> ordnum from keywordview where keyword='Parade' or keyword='Public >> Gathering' group by ordnum having count(ordnum) =2)" I wonder whether the parser could be getting confused by the multiple distinct uses of the same name "ordnum" in this query? In other words, maybe you'd have better luck if the inner queries read something like select k.ordnum from keywordview k where k.keyword='Parade' or k.keyword='Public Gathering' group by k.ordnum having count(k.ordnum) =2 Without that, it might be thinking that count(ordnum) refers to the ordnum in the outer select. If that is it, it's probably a bug, but I'm not sure what the standard says about how to interpret ambiguous names in this context... regards, tom lane