RE: [HACKERS] Should the following work...?

Using:

select id
  from clients
 where id = ( select id
                from clients
               group by id
               having count(id) = 1 ) ;


I get:

ERROR:  rewrite: aggregate column of view must be at rigth side in qual



On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Jackson, DeJuan wrote:

> > select id 
> >   from clients 
> >  where id = ( select id 
> >                 from clients 
> >                where count(id) = 1 ) ;
> > The error I get is that you can't do the AGGREGATE int he 
> > WHERE clause,
> > but this is with a pre-v6.5 server too...technically, should 
> > the above be
> > possible?
> I believe instead of WHERE that should be a HAVING clause.
> But I'm not sure PostgreSQL can handle a HAVING in a sub-select.
> 
> 	-DEJ
> 

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
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