Re: SELECT query experts, anyone? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tino Wildenhain
Subject Re: SELECT query experts, anyone?
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Msg-id 48AC17CE.5030604@wildenhain.de
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In response to SELECT query experts, anyone?  ("Teemu Juntunen" <teemu.juntunen@e-ngine.fi>)
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Teemu Juntunen wrote:
> Hi Experts,
>
> is threre any way to SELECT values in columns instead of rows? For
> example select products and their manufacters in the followin way:
>
> product1; manufacturer1; manufacturer2;,,, manufacturerN
> product2; manufacturer3;
> product3; manufacturer1;.. manufacturerN-1
>
> With a function you could put the product manufacturers in one string,
> but I would like to have them in columns.
>
> How about arrays. Is there a way to SELECT values in an array to columns?

This should work:

SELECT product,array(SELECT manufacturer FROM manufacturers WHERE
manufacturer_id=products.manufacturer_id) WHERE ...

or something along the lines of the above.

Regards
Tino

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