Re: Group By? - Mailing list pgsql-general

So are you trying to get a list of all 'mon's and 'valve's for each
given association?

On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 04:31:04PM -0800, Bob Pawley wrote:
> Guy
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> Sorry about the chart. It held together when I sent it to myself.
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> I'll try to make it clear in the way you suggest, by a truncated example.
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> Create table control (device_id serial, type varchar, association int4)
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> Create table auto_control (loop_id serial, monitor int4, valve int4)
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> Insert into control (type, association) Note - mon and valve are types of
> device that together make a loop. A loop can be from 1 to 7 devices..
>
> Values ('mon', '1') - serial 1
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> Values ('valve', '2') - serial 2
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> Values ('mon', '2') - serial 3
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> Values ('valve', '1') - serial 4
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> Values ('valve', '2') - serial 5
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> I want to transfer the serial device_id number for mon '1' into the same
> row as valve '1' in the tables auto_control. Similarily
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> Those two rows would look like this.
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> Table (loop_id serial, monitor int4, valve int4)
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> Row 1 ( 1, 1, 4, )
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> Row 2 (2, 2, 3, 5)
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> Once this is done the devices will be organized into loops and each device
> in the loop will have a direct link to other parts of the database.
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> I would like to know if this is possible with SQL, or would it be more
> suited to the host language?
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> Would it be possible in SQL to have the information transferred into the
> auto_control table as the information is being entered or would the control
> table need to be fully completed?
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> Hope this is finally clear.
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> Thanks for you help.
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>
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Guy Rouillier" <guyr@masergy.com>
> To: "PostgreSQL General" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Group By?
>
>
> Bob Pawley wrote:
> >Bruno
> >
> >The table I previously sent came through distorted and probabley
> >caused misunderstanding.
> >
> >The table control and auto_control are both permanent table. I want to
> >reshuffle how the information is associated from one table to another
> >with the link between table by way of the device_id.
> >
> >Following is the example which I stabilized and tested for e-mail.
>
> Sorry, Bob, I think the reason you haven't gotten a response is that the
> information you are trying to convey below is very unclear.  Perhaps you
> can just provide a create table statement and a bunch of insert
> statements?  Then summarize again what you are trying to accomplish.
>
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >      Control
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >      device_id
> >     type
> >     association
> >
> >
> >      serial
> >     varchar
> >     int4
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >      1
> >     mon
> >     1
> >
> >
> >      2
> >     valve
> >     2
> >
> >
> >      3
> >     valve
> >     1
> >
> >
> >      4
> >     mon
> >     2
> >
> >
> >      5
> >     valve
> >     1
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >      Auto_control
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >      loop_id
> >     mon
> >     valve_a
> >     valve_b
> >
> >      serial
> >     int4
> >     int4
> >     int4
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >      1
> >     1
> >     3
> >     5
> >
> >      2
> >     2
> >     4
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bruno Wolff III" <bruno@wolff.to>
> >To: "Bob Pawley" <rjpawley@shaw.ca>
> >Cc: "Guy Rouillier" <guyr@masergy.com>; "Postgre General"
> ><pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
> >Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:07 PM
> >Subject: Re: Group By?
> >
> >
> >>On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 21:53:10 -0800,
> >> Bob Pawley <rjpawley@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >>>Here's what I want to do.
> >>>
> >>>Table control contains values (mon and valves) that are associated
> >>>by numbers inserted into the associated column.
> >>>
> >>>I want to transfer the serial _id number of the items associated by
> >>>the value '1' into the appropriate columns of the first row of the
> >>>table auto_control. All items associated with the value '2' into the
> >>>second row - etc. etc.
> >>
> >>You don't really want to do that. Tables have fixed numbers of
> >>columns and what you want to do doesn't result in a fixed number of
> >>columns.
> >>
> >>If you want to generate a report with that format, then I think there
> >>is a contrib module (crosstabs?) that will do this kind of thing. You
> >>could also have a report app do it for you. In the report app method,
> >>you would be best to return rows ordered by association and then
> >>device_ID and have the app check for when the association value
> >>changes.
> >>
> >>>
> >>>Is this best accomplished by a 'group by' command or subset???
> >>>
> >>>Bob
> >>>     Control
> >>>
> >>>     device_ID type association
> >>>     serial varchar int4
> >>>
> >>>     1 mon 1
> >>>     2 valve 2
> >>>     3 valve 1
> >>>     4 mon 2
> >>>     5 valve 1
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     Auto_control
> >>>
> >>>     loop_id mon valve valve
> >>>     serial int4 int4 int4
> >>>     1 1 3 5
> >>>     2 2 4
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>From: "Guy Rouillier" <guyr@masergy.com>
> >>>To: "Postgre General" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
> >>>Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 4:25 PM
> >>>Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Group By?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Converted your message to plain text as preferred on most mailing
> >>>lists.
> >>>
> >>>Bob Pawley wrote:
> >>>>I want to take the serial ID of several values in different rows in
> >>>>one table and insert them into a single row of another table.
> >>>>
> >>>>Would the 'group by' command be the best way to do this?
> >>>
> >>>Could you provide an actual example?  The wording of your question
> >>>is a little vague and an example might help solicit an answer to the
> >>>actual problem.  For example, are these serial ID values all in a
> >>>the same column in the source table?  Or is each one in a different
> >>>column?  And what is the selection criteria that brings these
> >>>results together?
> >>>
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> >>>Guy Rouillier
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