In response to wstrzalka :
> What I need is to join 2 tables
>
> CREATE TABLE master(
> id INT4
> );
>
>
> CREATE TABLE slave (
> master_id INT4,
> rank INT4,
> value TEXT);
>
>
> What I need is to make the query:
>
> SELECT m.id, array_agg(s.value) AS my_problematic_array
> FROM master AS m LEFT JOIN slave AS s ON (m.id = s.master_id)
> GROUP BY m.id;
>
> return the 'my_problematic_array' in order specified by slave.rank
>
> As you probably can guest I don't have any idea know how to do it :/
test=*# select * from master;id
---- 1 2
(2 rows)
test=*# select * from slave;master_id | rank | value
-----------+------+------- 1 | 5 | 5 1 | 3 | 3 1 | 7 | 7
(3 rows)
test=*#
select id, array_agg(unnest) from ( select id, unnest(my_problematic_array) from ( SELECT m.id, array_agg(s.value) AS
my_problematic_arrayFROM master AS m LEFT JOIN slave AS s ON (m.id = s.master_id) GROUP BY m.id ) foo order by 1,2
) bar group by 1;id | array_agg
----+----------- 1 | {3,5,7} 2 | {NULL}
(2 rows)
Andreas
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