Re: outer join and OR

Let's say the two tables I'm trying to join are: Customer (eg. columns: col1, int1 and int2) and Notes. A customer may or may not have notes, so to pull all customers (with or without notes) I used outer join.

select customer.col1, customer.int1, customer.int2, notes.col1 from customer, notes
where customer.col1 = notes.col1(+)
and (customer.int1 = 'abc' OR customer.int2 = 'abc');

Since I cannot use an OR in an outer join, this doesn't seem to work. How can I solve this?

Tx,
LD

Chrysalis <cellis_at_iol.ie> wrote in article <34F4DEEA.4BD0_at_iol.ie>...
> Lily Djuniarti wrote:
> >
> > I need to perform an outer join and also use an OR operator, which I
 learn
> > is not possible. Is there any way out ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > LD
>
> I don't know.
> What are you trying to do?
> --
> Chrysalis
>
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Received on Wed Feb 25 1998 - 00:00:00 CST