SQL operator '*='

Started by Matthias Apitzover 6 years ago3 messagesgeneral
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#1Matthias Apitz
guru@unixarea.de

Hello,

I've here a smaller problem of our porting from Sybase/Oracle/Informix
code to PostgreSQL; the code reads for the mentioned DBS:

...
#ifdef DBSINF
EXEC SQL DECLARE land_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT stammprio, lkz, landbez, plkz, postbez, karenz1, karenz2,
karenz3, land.wkz, webez, we, kurs, land.del
FROM land, OUTER devisen
WHERE land.wkz = devisen.wkz AND land.brgroup = devisen.brgroup AND land.brgroup = :brgroupHost_for_helpland_cursor
ORDER BY stammprio, landbez;
#endif

#ifdef DBSORA
EXEC SQL DECLARE land_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT stammprio, lkz, landbez, plkz, postbez, karenz1, karenz2,
karenz3, land.wkz, webez, we, kurs, land.del
FROM land, devisen
WHERE land.wkz = devisen.wkz (+) AND land.brgroup = devisen.brgroup (+) AND land.brgroup = :brgroupHost_for_helpland_cursor
ORDER BY stammprio, landbez;
#endif

#ifdef DBSSYB
EXEC SQL DECLARE land_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT stammprio, lkz, landbez, plkz, postbez, karenz1, karenz2,
karenz3, land.wkz, webez, we, kurs, land.del
FROM land, devisen
WHERE land.wkz *= devisen.wkz AND land.brgroup *= devisen.brgroup AND land.brgroup = :brgroupHost_for_helpland_cursor
ORDER BY stammprio, landbez;
#endif

#ifdef DBSPOS
EXEC SQL DECLARE land_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT stammprio, lkz, landbez, plkz, postbez, karenz1, karenz2,
karenz3, land.wkz, webez, we, kurs, land.del
FROM land, devisen
WHERE land.wkz *= devisen.wkz AND land.brgroup *= devisen.brgroup AND land.brgroup = :brgroupHost_for_helpland_cursor
ORDER BY stammprio, landbez;
#endif

(the code for DBSPOS was just copied from Sybase). It compiles fine but
raises on execution en error about operator '*=' is not supported...

Any ideas about how to express this correctly in PostgreSQL?

Thanks

matthias

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#2Thomas Kellerer
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In reply to: Matthias Apitz (#1)
Re: SQL operator '*='

Matthias Apitz schrieb am 23.12.2019 um 15:33:

I've here a smaller problem of our porting from Sybase/Oracle/Informix
code to PostgreSQL; the code reads for the mentioned DBS:

#ifdef DBSORA
EXEC SQL DECLARE land_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT stammprio, lkz, landbez, plkz, postbez, karenz1, karenz2,
karenz3, land.wkz, webez, we, kurs, land.del
FROM land, devisen
WHERE land.wkz = devisen.wkz (+) AND land.brgroup = devisen.brgroup (+) AND land.brgroup = :brgroupHost_for_helpland_cursor
ORDER BY stammprio, landbez;
#endif

#ifdef DBSSYB
EXEC SQL DECLARE land_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT stammprio, lkz, landbez, plkz, postbez, karenz1, karenz2,
karenz3, land.wkz, webez, we, kurs, land.del
FROM land, devisen
WHERE land.wkz *= devisen.wkz AND land.brgroup *= devisen.brgroup AND land.brgroup = :brgroupHost_for_helpland_cursor
ORDER BY stammprio, landbez;
#endif

(the code for DBSPOS was just copied from Sybase). It compiles fine but
raises on execution en error about operator '*=' is not supported...

T-SQL (Sybase and SQL Server) uses *= for outer joins, just as Oracle uses (+)

Haven't used either of those outdated operators in decades, but I think the equivalent would be:

FROM land
LEFT JOINdevisen
on land.wkz = devisen.wkz
AND land.brgroup = devisen.brgroup
AND land.brgroup = :brgroupHost_for_helpland_cursor

#3Alban Hertroys
haramrae@gmail.com
In reply to: Matthias Apitz (#1)
Re: SQL operator '*='

On 23 Dec 2019, at 15:33, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote:

#ifdef DBSPOS
EXEC SQL DECLARE land_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT stammprio, lkz, landbez, plkz, postbez, karenz1, karenz2,
karenz3, land.wkz, webez, we, kurs, land.del
FROM land

LEFT JOIN devisen ON land.wkz = devisen.wkz AND land.brgroup = devisen.brgroup

WHERE land.brgroup = :brgroupHost_for_helpland_cursor
ORDER BY stammprio, landbez;
#endif

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