Andreas Kretschmer wrote:
Jure Ložar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
Hi.
Is it possible to limit number of left join rows that match condition to 1?
I don't want to have hits from first table multiplied when more then 1 row
matches on left join condition.
I'm not sure if i understand you correctly, but perhaps this is what you
are searching for:
Suppose, you have 2 tables, master and detail:
test=# select * from master;
id
----
1
2
(2 rows)
test=# select * from detail;
id | val
----+-----
1 | 200
2 | 200
1 | 100
(3 rows)
This is the left join:
test=# select m.id, d.val from master m left join detail d on m.id=d.id;
id | val
----+-----
1 | 100
1 | 200
2 | 200
(3 rows)
But you need only one row from detail, which? Suppose, this one with the
max(val) value:
test=# select m.id, d.val from master m left join (select id, max(val)
as val from detail group by id) d on m.id=d.id;
id | val
----+-----
1 | 200
2 | 200
(2 rows)
Is this okay for you?
Andreas
Yes. It's good. Not exactly what I ment but it works.
Thank you.
Jure
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