Error in crosstab using date_trunc - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jose Maria Terry Jimenez
Subject Error in crosstab using date_trunc
Date
Msg-id 4B1AB064.8040100@tssystems.net
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Responses Re: Error in crosstab using date_trunc  (Richard Broersma <richard.broersma@gmail.com>)
Re: Error in crosstab using date_trunc  (Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
Hello all,

I'm trying to do a crosstab from data that row names are times.

These times are timestamps and  i  want to  use they truncating to
minutes  this works for me:

select distinct date_trunc('minute',"timestamp") as "timestamp" from
historico order by "timestamp";

Getting times "normalized" without seconds.

If i do a crosstab using that date_trunc function i get errors. If i do:

select *
from crosstab
(
'select date_trunc('minute',"timestamp") as "timestamp",remota,valor
from historico order by 1,2'
)
as
(anet timestamp without time zone,
re1 numeric,
re2 numeric,
re3 numeric
)
;

I get an error: (The part in Spanish means "Syntax error in or near")

PostgreSQL Error: ERROR:  error de sintaxis en o cerca de «minute»
LINE 4: 'select date_trunc('minute',"timestamp") as "timestamp",remo...
                            ^
I have tried
'select date_trunc('minute',"timestamp") as "timestamp",remota,valor
from historico order by 1,2'
'select (date_trunc('minute',"timestamp") ),remota,valor from historico
order by 1,2'
... changing quotes... but no luck.

Do anyone knows if i can't use that function or if i'm doing something bad?

Now i'm creating a temp table with timestamp "fixed" with date_trunc
(and works), but want skip that step:

create table temp as select (date_trunc('minute',timestamp)) as
"timestamp",remota,valor from historico;

And using temp for the crosstab.

Any help?, please.

Best,
Jose Maria


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