Re: [GENERAL] postgresql how to duplicate rows in result. - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: [GENERAL] postgresql how to duplicate rows in result.
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] postgresql how to duplicate rows in result.  (John McKown <john.archie.mckown@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [GENERAL] postgresql how to duplicate rows in result.  (John McKown <john.archie.mckown@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 12:42 PM, John McKown
<john.archie.mckown@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Alessandro Baggi
> <alessandro.baggi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi list,
>> sorry for my english, I will try to example as well. I've a query that
>> joins multiple tables and return a result like:
>>
>>
>> id,customers,phone,code,number
>> 1 , aaaaaaaa,33333,123 , 2
>> 2 , aassdsds,33322,211 , 1
>> 3 , oooooooo,21221,221 , 1
>>
>>
>> I need, where "number" field is > 1, to duplicate the row * N(number field
>> value) with a result like this:
>>
>> id,customers,phone,code,number
>> 1 , aaaaaaaa,33333,123 , 2
>> 1 , aaaaaaaa,33333,123 , 2
>> 2 , aassdsds,33322,211 , 1
>> 3 , oooooooo,21221,221 , 1
>>
>> How I can accomplish to this problem?
>>
>> I'm using postgresql 9.3.15
>
>
> I don't have PostgreSQL 9.3.15. I am running 9.5.5. But I think the
> following recursive CTE should work for you.
>
> ====
>
> tsh009=# \d baggi
>       Table "public.baggi"
>   Column   |  Type   | Modifiers
> -----------+---------+-----------
>  id        | integer |
>  customers | text    |
>  phone     | text    |
>  code      | integer |
>  number    | integer |
>
> tsh009=# select * from baggi;
>  id | customers | phone | code | number
> ----+-----------+-------+------+--------
>   1 | aaaaaaaa  | 33333 |  123 |      2
>   2 | aassdsds  | 33322 |  211 |      1
>   3 | oooooooo  | 21221 |  221 |      1
> (3 rows)
>
> tsh009=# with recursive multiple(k, id, customers, phone, code, number) as (
> select 1, id, customers, phone, code, number from baggi
> UNION ALL
> select m.k + 1, b.id, b.customers, b.phone, b.code, b.number from multiple
> AS m, baggi AS b  where m.id = b.id and m.k < b.number )
> select id, customers, phone, code, number from multiple order by id
> ;
>  id | customers | phone | code | number
> ----+-----------+-------+------+--------
>   1 | aaaaaaaa  | 33333 |  123 |      2
>   1 | aaaaaaaa  | 33333 |  123 |      2
>   2 | aassdsds  | 33322 |  211 |      1
>   3 | oooooooo  | 21221 |  221 |      1
> (4 rows)

IMO, lateral join (available as of 9.3) is faster and simpler.

merlin


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