Re: how to solve this problem - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From ivan marchesini
Subject Re: how to solve this problem
Date
Msg-id 1144936596.5079.36.camel@geologia5.agora.ing.unipg.it
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In response to Re: how to solve this problem  (Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@yahoo.com>)
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Sorry, I'm not able to understand how I can use this solution!!!
can you better explain me your suggestion???

Thanks very much


Il giorno gio, 13/04/2006 alle 06.51 -0700, Richard Broersma Jr ha
scritto:
> Just a thought,
> 
> Could you achieve that same result using the binary representation of an integer?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Richard
> 
> --- ivan marchesini <marchesini@unipg.it> wrote:
> 
> > Dear users,
> > I have this problem 
> > 
> > I have a table where there are 20 columns named
> > vinc1, vinc2, vinc3, vinc4, etc....
> > 
> > the values contained into each column are simply 1 or 0  (each column is
> > dichotomic)
> > 1 means presence
> > 0 means absence
> > 
> > I would obtain a column (new_column) containg the name of the columns,
> > comma separated, where the value is = 1
> > 
> > for example:
> > 
> > vinc1    vinc2    vinc3    vinc4    new_column
> > 1    0    1    0    vinc1,vinc3
> > 0    0    0    1    vinc4
> > 0    1    1    1    vinc2,vinc3,vinc4
> > 
> > can someone help me to find the best way to obtain this result???
> > thank you very much
> > 
> > Ivan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Ivan Marchesini
> > Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
> > University of Perugia
> > Via G. Duranti 93/a 
> > 06125
> > Perugia (Italy)
> > e-mail: marchesini@unipg.it
> >         ivan.marchesini@gmail.com
> > tel: +39(0)755853760
> > fax: +39(0)755853756
> > jabber: geoivan73@jabber.org
> > 
> > 
> > 
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-- 
Ivan Marchesini
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Perugia
Via G. Duranti 93/a 
06125
Perugia (Italy)
e-mail: marchesini@unipg.it       ivan.marchesini@gmail.com
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