Ari,
> I've been stuck now on a left join for about two weeks. DB is
> MSaccess2K,
> language is ASP. I'm learning php and PgSQL now, and will be
> migrating
> everything soon. In the mean time. If anyone knows where I am going
> wrong,
> please let me know.
Shame on you!
Seriously, you'd probably spend less time learning how to use PostgreSQL
than on getting around Access2k's "features."
One of these "features" is a fussy query optimizer that frequently
rejects perfectly valid query strings. This is why I charge my clients
$40/hour more to work with Access2k.
Try monkeying with the parentheses in the JOIN expression:
(a LEFT OUTER JOIN b ON a.1 = b.1) LEFT OUTER JOIN c ON b.2 = c.1
.. may work, where ...
a LEFT OUTER JOIN b ON a.1 = b.1 LEFT OUTER JOIN c ON b.2 = c.1
... does not.
Also try it without aliasing the tables.
If you need further help with MS Access, give me a call ... but I charge
hourly for Microsoft stuff!
-Josh
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