Re: [GENERAL] Simulating an outer join

2000-01-13 Thread Bruce Momjian
> Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > I am just writing the EXISTS section from my book. I don't think it > > matters what fields are returned from an EXISTS subquery. If I am > > wrong, someone please let me know. > > Celko also writes (in his chapter on EXISTS in "SQL for Smarties"): > > "In general

Re: [GENERAL] How do you live without OUTER joins?

2000-01-13 Thread Alessio Bragadini
Sarah Officer wrote: > How about using a union? > > select cc.com_cat_long, co.company_name > from company_category cc, company co > where cc.com_cat_abbr = co.com_cat_abbr > union > select 'unknown' as com_cat_long, company_name > from company > where com_cat_abbr is null; Yes, would be the be

[GENERAL] Confussion with table-lock levels and isolation levels

2000-01-13 Thread Gabriel Fernandez
Hi fellows ! I would only want to ask some questions concerning table-locking levels and isolation levels: * First of all: should I assume that AccessXXX modes imply locking the complete table and Row imply locking only the rows which have been accessed ? Will then the conflicts be so

Re: [GENERAL] PSQL Function() help....

2000-01-13 Thread omid omoomi
Hello, Sure you can use arrays as returned results in your function. regards. Omid Omoomi >From: Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Dale Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PSQL Function() help >Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 04:58:53 +0100 > >On 2000

Re: [GENERAL] Simulating an outer join

2000-01-13 Thread Julian Scarfe
Bruce Momjian wrote: > I am just writing the EXISTS section from my book. I don't think it > matters what fields are returned from an EXISTS subquery. If I am > wrong, someone please let me know. Celko also writes (in his chapter on EXISTS in "SQL for Smarties"): "In general the SELECT * opti