Re: An example for WITH QUERY - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Thomas Kellerer
Subject Re: An example for WITH QUERY
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Msg-id itsjr9$18p$1@dough.gmane.org
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In response to An example for WITH QUERY  (Durumdara <durumdara@gmail.com>)
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Durumdara, 22.06.2011 12:35:
> Hi!
>
> I have 3 tables. I want to run a query that collect some data from
> them, and join into one result table.
>
> I show a little example, how to do this in another DB with script:
>

with tmp_a as (
   select id, name, sum(cost) cost
   from items
   ...
),
temp_b as (
   select item_id, sum(price) price
   from bills
),
temp_c as (
   select item_id, sum(price) price
   from incoming_bills
   where... group by item_id with data
)
select
   tmp_a.id, tmp_a.name, tmp_a.cost,
   tmp_b.price outgoing_price,
   tmp_c.price incoming_price
from tmp_a
left join tmp_b on (tmp_a.id = tmp_b.item_id)
left join tmp_c on (tmp_a.id = tmp_c.item_id)
order by name

But a with is not really necessary here (although I personally find it easier to read) because you can simply put those
SELECTsinto the from clause: 

select
   tmp_a.id, tmp_a.name, tmp_a.cost,
   tmp_b.price outgoing_price,
   tmp_c.price incoming_price
from (
    select id, name, sum(cost) cost
    from items
) temp_a
left join (
   select item_id, sum(price) price
   from bills
) tmp_b on (tmp_a.id = tmp_b.item_id)
left join (
   select item_id, sum(price) price
   from incoming_bills
   where... group by item_id with data
) tmp_c on (tmp_a.id = tmp_c.item_id)
order by name

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