Apparently I don't understand full outer joins....

I run this:

select
    coalesce(a.n,0) as a,
    coalesce(b.n,0) as b,
    coalesce(a.s,b.s) as s
from
    ( select 1 as n, 0 as s) a full outer join
    ( select 2 as n, 1 as s) b
on
    a.s = b.s

... and get this:

a | b | s
---+---+---
 1 | 0 | 0
 0 | 2 | 1
(2 rows)


Perfect! Now, I try to extend my understanding to 3 subselects:

select
    coalesce(a.n,0) as a,
    coalesce(b.n,0) as b,
    coalesce(c.n,0) as c,
    coalesce(a.s,b.s,c.s) as s
from
    ( select 1 as n, 0 as s) a full outer join
    ( select 1 as n, 1 as s) b full outer join
    ( select 2 as n, 2 as s) c
on
    a.s = b.s and
    b.s = c.s


.... and get a syntax error at the end of my query. Apparently what I'm
trying to do doesn't make sense?

Oh, this is on version 7.4, if that makes a difference.


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Ben Chobot
Senior Technical Specialist, Washington Mutual
206-461-4005