Re: [SQL] Special grouping on sorted data.

2008-09-23 Thread Tom Lane
Nicolas Beuzeboc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I which distinct on was more flexible, it's not happy when the order by > set is different than the distinct on set. > I would like to be able to write select distinct on (b,n) b,n,stamp from > table where ... order by stamp; Well, no, because it's

Re: [SQL] Special grouping on sorted data.

2008-09-23 Thread Nicolas Beuzeboc
I which distinct on ... I wish distinct on ... -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql

Re: [SQL] Special grouping on sorted data.

2008-09-23 Thread Nicolas Beuzeboc
Craig Ringer wrote: b| n | stamp A| 1 | 2008-09-20 06:07:47.981445 [1] A| 1 | 2008-09-20 06:08:13.294306 [1] A| 1 | 2008-09-20 06:12:02.046596 [1] A| 2 | 2008-09-20 06:12:26.267786 [2] A| 2 | 2008-09-20 06:12:47.75042

Resp.: [SQL] Multi-line text fields

2008-09-23 Thread Osvaldo Kussama
2008/9/23, Craig Ringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Mike Toews wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have some records that have some multiple lines within a single text >> field. (On top of that, I think I have mixed DOS/UNIX line endings too). >> I'm looking for two functions which can operate on a single field:

Re: [SQL] exclusion query

2008-09-23 Thread Louis-David Mitterrand
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 09:39:08AM -0700, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Taking your second email into account, I came up with: > > select distinct pt.type_fr > from person_to_event pte > inner join person_type using (id_person_type) > where id_person_type in ( > select id_person_type > from