> Bruce,
>
> Can't a sub select do this (mind you not sure if PostgreSQL supports sub
> selects)?
>
> eg
>
> select company_name, (select com_cat_long from company_category cat
> where cat.com_cat_abbr = cpy.com_cat_abbr) from company cpy
>
Only 7.0 will support subselects in the target list. 6.5.* only
supports them in the WHERE clause.
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