Thread: Multiple SELECT statements Using One WITH statement

Hi,

 

Can I have multiple select statements using one WITH statement?

 

WITH t AS (

    Select A, B from …

)

SELECT A into tableA FROM t where ….;

 

SELECT B into tableB FROM t where ….;

čt 20. 1. 2022 v 13:48 odesílatel Avi Weinberg <AviW@gilat.com> napsal:
>
> Hi,
Hello!
>
>
> Can I have multiple select statements using one WITH statement?
>
>
>
> WITH t AS (
>
>     Select A, B from …
>
> )
>
> SELECT A into tableA FROM t where ….;
>
>
>
> SELECT B into tableB FROM t where ….;
>

I think it is not possible that way. Instead you can "cache" the query
result into a temporary table. CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE  ... ON COMMIT
DROP could be useful here. There is simple example mentioned in this
(https://stackoverflow.com/a/52384424/319233) stackoverflow answer.
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On 20/01/2022 15.42, Avi Weinberg wrote:
> Thanks David for the reply, but my question was a little different.
> 
> I know I can have multiple CTE queries like you showed, but I want to 
> have one single WITH query, and use it in multiple queries, not just by 
> one query the directly proceed the CTE.
> 
> Why do I need to execute the CTE query twice if I have two queries that 
> wants to use it?

When data is going to be provided to an application via a REST API, I 
find this pattern quite useful:

WITH list AS (
         SELECT generate_series(1,10) AS n
)
SELECT json_build_object(
         'even', (
                 SELECT json_agg(n)
                 FROM (
                         SELECT n
                         FROM list
                         WHERE n%2 = 0
                 ) even
         ),
         'odd', (
                 SELECT json_agg(n)
                 FROM (
                         SELECT n
                         FROM list
                         WHERE n%2 = 1
                 ) odd
         )
) obj;


If data is to be written to separate tables, writing the intermediate 
result to a temporary table as explained by Josef might be the simplest 
solution.