On Oct 25, 2006, at 6:43 , Bill Ewing wrote:
The above two tables are linked. But, none of the following SQL
worked:
select * FROM rack r JOIN sample s
select * FROM rack r INNER JOIN sample s
In each case I get a message "ERROR: syntax error at end of input
at character X" where X is the last character in the statement.
What am I doing wrong?
Unless you're using NATURAL JOIN, you need to specify the join
condition using a USING or ON clause, e.g.,
SELECT *
FROM rack r
JOIN sample s USING (rack_id)
or
SELECT *
FROM rack r
JOIN sample s ON (r.rack_id = s.rack_id)
That should do it.
Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net
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