I have the following database structure, with postgres 9.5:
x
create table users (
id character varying(255),
email character varying(127)
);
create table org_users(
id character varying(255),
user_id character varying(255), -- foreign key to users.id
manager_org_user_id character varying(255) -- refers to org_users.id; same table referential dependency
);
insert into users (id, email) values ('111', 'user1@example.com');
insert into users (id, email) values ('222', 'user2@example.com');
insert into users (id, email) values ('333', 'manager@example.com');
insert into org_users (id, user_id, manager_org_user_id) values ('o1', '111', 'o3');
insert into org_users (id, user_id, manager_org_user_id) values ('o2', '222', 'o3');
insert into org_users (id, user_id, manager_org_user_id) values ('o3', '333', null);
I have three users in my table. user1@example.com
, user2@example.com
are two normal users. manager@example.com
is their manager. Now I want to display the following structure:
org_user_id, employee_user_id, employee_email, manager_org_user_id, manager_user_id, manager_email
I tried with the following sql query but it fails to work for me with syntax error near JOIN
. Any help ?
select ou.id as employee_org_user_id,
us.id as employee_user_id,
us.email as employee_email,
ou.manager_org_user_id as manager_org_user_id,
u2.email as manager_email
from org_users ou
JOIN users us ON ou.user_id::text = us.id::text,
LEFT JOIN org_users ou1 ON ou1.id::text = ou.manager_org_user_id::text
LEFT JOIN users us2 ON ou1.user_id::text = us2.id::text;
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Answer
Remove space, rename u2.email, drop the cast to text:
select ou.id as employee_org_user_id,
us.id as employee_user_id,
us.email as employee_email,
ou.manager_org_user_id as manager_org_user_id,
us2.email as manager_email
from org_users ou
JOIN users us ON ou.user_id = us.id
LEFT JOIN org_users ou1 ON ou1.id = ou.manager_org_user_id
LEFT JOIN users us2 ON ou1.user_id = us2.id