On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > rick.ca...@colorado.edu writes: >> SELECT S.subjectid,STY.studyabrv,labID,boxnumber,wellrow,wellcolumn >> FROM DNASample D, IBG_Studies STY, Subjects S, ibg_projects P >> LEFT OUTER JOIN ibg_ps_join IPJ USING (dnasampleid) >> WHERE >> D.subjectidkey=S.id >> AND STY.studyindex=D.studyindex >> AND IPJ.projects_index=P.ibg_projects_index >> ORDER BY studyabrv,boxnumber,wellcolumn,wellrow >> ERROR: column "dnasampleid" specified in USING clause does not exist in >> left table > >> I am rather mystified by this, since this field is definitely in the >> dnasample table, as the primary key. > > It appears you're used to mysql, which processes commas and JOINs > left-to-right (more or less, I've never bothered to figure out their > behavior exactly).
Note that even MySQL now follows the standard on this, without needing some special strict switch or anything. Of course, a lot of folks are still using older versions that are in fact still broken. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
