Re: Concatenate strings using GROUP BY - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From A. Kretschmer
Subject Re: Concatenate strings using GROUP BY
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Msg-id 20060209095256.GD2458@webserv.wug-glas.de
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In response to Concatenate strings using GROUP BY  ("Philippe Lang" <philippe.lang@attiksystem.ch>)
List pgsql-sql
am  09.02.2006, um 10:35:03 +0100 mailte Philippe Lang folgendes:
> id    fk    str
> ---------------
> 1     1     a
> 2     1     b
> 3     2     c
> 
> Is there a pure SQL way of contactenating str values into a single string,
> and get instead:
> 
> id    fk    str
> ---------------
> 1     1     a/b
> 2     12    c
> 
> I was thinking of something like:
> 
> SELECT id, fk, CONCAT(str || '/')
> FROM FOO
> GROUP BY fk
> 
> Do we have to use PL/PGSQL for that?

Yes, you need a new aggregate function.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/xaggr.html


HTH, Andreas
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