Re: [SQL] aggregation problem: first/last/count(*)

2009-01-26 Thread Marc Mamin
> I think the problem in here is that you want to collect the first and last values in the same row Your idea is ok, but it just postpone the problem. And I need the result within the DB for further calculations /aggregations. What I need is really something like: test=# SELECT foo.ts, foo.g

Re: [SQL] aggregation problem: first/last/count(*)

2009-01-26 Thread Volkan YAZICI
On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, "Marc Mamin" writes: > create table test > ( > time int8, --store the time as epoch > a_group varchar, > category varchar > ) > > ... > > SELECT > FIRST.a_group, > FIRST.time as first_time, > FIRST.category as first_category, > LAST.time as last_time

[SQL] aggregation problem: first/last/count(*)

2009-01-26 Thread Marc Mamin
Hello, I have a query to aggregate data wich is too slow :-) Here a simplified example: create table test ( time int8, --store the time as epoch a_group varchar, category varchar ) For each group, I need the first/last times and categories , the number of distinct categories

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