Re: nicer examples for aggregate calls - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: nicer examples for aggregate calls
Date
Msg-id YxAXHWujeUGa9WpX@momjian.us
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: nicer examples for aggregate calls  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
List pgsql-docs
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 12:20:10PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 01:51:48PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> > 
> > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/tutorial-agg.html
> > Description:
> > 
> > currently, all of the examples are very simple, like
> > 
> > SELECT city, max(temp_lo)
> >     FROM weather
> >     WHERE city LIKE 'S%'            -- (1)
> >     GROUP BY city
> >     HAVING max(temp_lo) < 40;
> > 
> > this example would be more complex and would allow users to search for
> > clause "filter":
> > 
> > Finally, if we only care about cities whose names begin with “S” and we want
> > to calculate the number of observations in each city with temp_lo over 30,
> > we might do:
> > 
> > SELECT city, max(temp_lo), count(*) filter (temp_lo>30), 
> >     FROM weather
> >     WHERE city LIKE 'S%'            -- (1)
> >     GROUP BY city
> >     HAVING max(temp_lo) < 40;
> 
> Good idea.  We didn't support FILTER at the time this query was added.
> Here is a patch which adds it.

Patch applied back to PG 10.  Thanks.

-- 
  Bruce Momjian  <bruce@momjian.us>        https://momjian.us
  EDB                                      https://enterprisedb.com

  Indecision is a decision.  Inaction is an action.  Mark Batterson




pgsql-docs by date:

Previous
From: Bruce Momjian
Date:
Subject: Re: SQL-standard function bodies and creating SECURITY DEFINER routines securely
Next
From: Bruce Momjian
Date:
Subject: Re: CREATE INDEX...USING