> I saw something that might somewhat a bit more > flexible solution using SQL. I don't know if it works > in PostgreSQL. I saw it at the MySQL site. > > The following is the URL: > http://www.mysql.com/articles/wizard/index.html > > Has anyone tried this on a PostgreSQL database ?
No, not me. But as far as I can tell the SQL statements can quite easily be re-written in PostgreSQL: e. g. mysql> SELECT location, SUM(IF(gender='M',1,0)) AS M, SUM(IF(gender='F',1,0)) AS F -> FROM locations INNER JOIN employees USING (loc_code) GROUP BY location; becomes SELECT location, SUM(CASE WHEN gender='M' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS "M", SUM(CASE WHEN gender='F' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS "F", FROM locations LEFT JOIN employees ON (locations.loc_code=employees.loc_code) GROUP BY location; And this goes for the perl script as well. Regards, Christoph ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]