On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Kevin Grittner <kgri...@ymail.com> wrote:
> Ken Tanzer <ken.tan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > In doing a left join with a particular view as the right table, > > and non-matching join criteria, I am getting values returned in a > > few fields. All the rest are NULL. I would expect all the right > > side values to be NULL. > > What is the output of executing?: > > SELECT version(); I think I'm current on 9.2.5 / CentOs 6.4. ag_spc=> SELECT version(); version -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PostgreSQL 9.2.5 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3), 64-bit (1 row) [spc@hosting agency_code]$ rpm -qi postgresql92 Name : postgresql92 Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 9.2.5 Vendor: (none) Release : 1PGDG.rhel6 Build Date: Wed 09 Oct 2013 06:02:22 AM PDT Install Date: Tue 15 Oct 2013 06:22:39 PM PDT Build Host: koji-sl6-x86-64-pg92 Group : Applications/Databases Source RPM: postgresql92-9.2.5-1PGDG.rhel6.src.rpm Size : 5279557 License: PostgreSQL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Wed 09 Oct 2013 06:02:31 AM PDT, Key ID 1f16d2e1442df0f8 URL : http://www.postgresql.org/ Summary : PostgreSQL client programs and libraries ... Don't know if this is useful information, but I was surprised that the problem continues even wrapping the view as a subquery, and then even if the subquery has a client_id IS NOT NULL clause: ag_spc=> SELECT foo.client_id AS foo_id,boo.client_id AS ri_id,move_in_type,annual_income,monthly_income_total,dependent_count FROM (SELECT -1 AS client_id) foo LEFT OUTER JOIN (SELECT * FROM rent_info WHERE client_id IS NOT NULL) boo USING (client_id); foo_id | ri_id | move_in_type | annual_income | monthly_income_total | dependent_count --------+-------+--------------+---------------+----------------------+----------------- -1 | | Move-in | 0 | 0 | 0 (1 row) I'm happy to provide whatever additional information is helpful--just let me know. Thanks. Ken -- AGENCY Software A data system that puts you in control 100% Free Software *http://agency-software.org/ <http://agency-software.org/>* ken.tan...@agency-software.org (253) 245-3801 Subscribe to the mailing list<agency-general-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?body=subscribe> to learn more about AGENCY or follow the discussion.