Re: select by streak - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Joseph Shraibman
Subject Re: select by streak
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Msg-id 3B324535.FF89D8D0@selectacast.net
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In response to select by streak  (Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net>)
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Richard Huxton wrote:
> 
> From: "Joseph Shraibman" <jks@selectacast.net>
> 
> > Lets say I have a table like this:
> >
> > id int  <== primary key
> > ts timestamp
> > name text
> > status char
> >
> > status is G for good or B for bad.  How do I do something like:
> > SELECT name FROM mytable WHERE <last 3 entires in a row have status =
> > 'B'> and <has been no good ones in the past week> ?
> 
> You're looking at a procedural solution here rather than SQL I'd suspect.
> Either do this in your application or look into plpgsql or pltcl.

That's what I was afraid of :(


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