In response to John : > mytable > pkid > class_date. > sessionid > > select * from mytable > 1 2009/01/01 2101 > 2 2009/01/02 2101 > > I would like an SQL that would produce > > newtable > pkid, > class_date1, > class_date2, > sessionid1, > sessionid2 > > Select * from newtable > > 1 2009/01/01 2009/01/02 2101 2101
I will try, but i'm not sure if i understand you correctly. Your table contains only 2 rows and both rows contains the same sessionid. Can i use that sessionid to find the rows that belongs together? Okay, my table: test=*# select * from mytable ; pkid | class_date | sessionid ------+------------+----------- 1 | 2009-01-01 | 2101 2 | 2009-01-02 | 2101 3 | 2009-02-01 | 2102 4 | 2009-02-02 | 2102 5 | 2009-03-01 | 2103 6 | 2009-03-02 | 2103 (6 rows) As you can see, there are 3 different sessionid's. test=*# select distinct on (sessionid1,sessionid2) pkid, classdate1, classdate2, sessionid1, sessionid2 from (select least(a.pkid, b.pkid) as pkid, least(a.class_date, b.class_date) as classdate1, greatest(a.class_date, b.class_date) as classdate2, a.sessionid as sessionid1, b.sessionid as sessionid2 from mytable a inner join mytable b on (a.sessionid=b.sessionid)) foo order by sessionid1, sessionid2,pkid; pkid | classdate1 | classdate2 | sessionid1 | sessionid2 ------+------------+------------+------------+------------ 1 | 2009-01-01 | 2009-01-01 | 2101 | 2101 3 | 2009-02-01 | 2009-02-01 | 2102 | 2102 5 | 2009-03-01 | 2009-03-01 | 2103 | 2103 (3 rows) Hope that helps... Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG-ID: 0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql