In response to Sam Mason :
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:51:00PM -0700, Nick wrote:
> > Is it possible to join two tables by the nearest date? For example how
> > could I find out where the user was on their birthday?
>
> DISTINCT ON[1] is normally the easiest way:
>
> SELECT DISTINCT ON (u.id) u.id, l.id, l.created
> FROM users u, users_locations l
> WHERE u.id = l.user_id
> AND u.birthday <= l.created
AND u.birthday >= l.created
Regards, Andreas
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