I found a good solution. drop table if exists t3; drop table if exists t2; drop table if exists t1; create table t1 ( id int primary key, title varchar(10) ); insert into t1 values (1,'abcde'),(2,'fghi'); create table t2 (id int primary key,t1id int not null references t1 (id) ,somedate date); insert into t2 values (1,1,'2010-05-23'), (2,1,'2010-05-24'), (3,1,'2010-05-25'), (4,2,'2010-05-22'), (5,2,'2010-05-26'); create table t3 ( t1id int not null,idcount int,vector varchar[][] ); insert into t3 (t1id,idcount) select t1id,count(1) as idcount from t2 group by t1id; update t3 set vector=array(select somedate from t2 where t2.t1id=t3.t1id ORDER BY somedate DESC LIMIT 2); select * from t1; select * from t2; select * from t3;
I got this output... rolando=# select * from t1; id | title ----+------- 1 | abcde 2 | fghi (2 rows) rolando=# select * from t2; id | t1id | somedate ----+------+------------ 1 | 1 | 2010-05-23 2 | 1 | 2010-05-24 3 | 1 | 2010-05-25 4 | 2 | 2010-05-22 5 | 2 | 2010-05-26 (5 rows) rolando=# select * from t3; t1id | idcount | vector ------+---------+------------------------ 2 | 2 | {2010-05-26,2010-05-22} 1 | 3 | {2010-05-25,2010-05-24} Notice the arrays are length 2 because I have the clause "LIMIT 2" in the UPDATE command. You can set LIMIT to whatever. Give it a try !!! BTW I think another person already replied a solution without an extra table. Give that a try, too !!! -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-sql-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-sql-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Michele Petrazzo - Unipex Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 1:35 PM To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: [SQL] inner join and limit Hi list, I have two table that are so represented: t1: id int primary key ... other t2: id int primary key t1id int fk(t1.id) somedate date ... other data t1: 1 | abcde 2 | fghi data t2: 1 | 1 | 2010-05-23 2 | 1 | 2010-05-24 3 | 1 | 2010-05-25 4 | 2 | 2010-05-22 5 | 2 | 2010-05-26 I'm trying to create a query where the data replied are: join t1 with t2 and return only the LIMIT 1 (or N) of the t2, with date order (of t2). Data should be: t1.id | t2.id | t2,somedate 1 | 3 | 2010-05-25 2 | 5 | 2010-05-26 As said, I'm trying, but without success... Can be done for you? Thanks, Michele -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql