On mið, 2006-12-20 at 10:12 +0000, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks. I have the following query which works for me at the moment.
> However, o_model refers to a table stock_models which has one record for each
> model type. At the moment if I another record to the stock_models I have to
> amend the select. Is it possible to make this automatic by joining the
> stock_models data somehow?
>
> select o_p_id as key, o_p_id as p_id, p_name, count(o_p_id) as total,
> count (case when o_model = 5 then 1 else NULL end) as KA,
> count (case when o_model = 10 then 1 else NULL end) as Focus,
> count (case when o_model = 13 then 1 else NULL end) as C_Max,
> count (case when o_model = 16 then 1 else NULL end) as S_Max,
> count (case when o_model = 20 then 1 else NULL end) as Fiesta,
> count (case when o_model = 25 then 1 else NULL end) as Fusion,
> count (case when o_model = 30 then 1 else NULL end) as Mondeo,
> count (case when o_model = 35 then 1 else NULL end) as Galaxy,
> count (case when o_model = 40 then 1 else NULL end) as Ranger,
> count (case when o_model = 50 then 1 else NULL end) as Connect,
> count (case when o_model = 60 then 1 else NULL end) as Transit,
> count (case when o_model = 70 then 1 else NULL end) as Fiesta_Van
> from order_details
> where date_trunc('month',CURRENT_DATE) = date_trunc('month',o_ord_date)
> group by o_p_id, p_name;
if I understand correctly, you want one column in your output,
for each row in the table table stock_models
you can do this with the crosstabN function in the contrib
module 'tablefunc', or by making your own procedural language
function.
gnari
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