Is it possible to sort the content of an aggregate text column?
Query:
select s.name, ag_concat(c.name) from state s
inner join city c on (c.idstate = s.idstate)
group by s.name
order by s.name;
Result:
name | ag_concat
-------+---------------------------
RS | Porto Alegre, Gramado
SP | Osasco
(2 rows)
Expected result:
name | ag_concat
-------+---------------------------
RS | Gramado, Porto Alegre
SP | Osasco
(2 rows)
I tried "order by s.name, c.name" but it causes a error:
ERROR: column "c.name" must appear in the GROUP BY clause or be used in
an aggregate
My function and aggregate code:
CREATE FUNCTION f_concat (text, text) RETURNS text AS $$
DECLARE
t text;
BEGIN
IF character_length($1) > 0 THEN
t = $1 || ', ' || $2;
ELSE
t = $2;
END IF;
RETURN t;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
CREATE AGGREGATE ag_concat (
sfunc = f_concat,
basetype = text,
stype = text,
initcond = ''
);
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