Re: Generate a dynamic sequence within a query

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 03:47:19PM -0700, DM wrote:
- select generate_series(1,(select count(*) from tax)), country from tax;
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- you should use braces around the sub select.
-
- Thanks
- Deepak

  Table "public.test"
 Column |         Type         | Modifiers
--------+----------------------+-----------
 col1   | character varying(2) |
 col2   | character varying(2) |


select * from test;
 col1 | col2
------+------
 A    | A
 A    | B
 A    | C
 B    | A
 B    | B
 B    | C
(6 rows)

select generate_series(1,(select count(*) from test)), col1, col2 from test;
 generate_series | col1 | col2
-----------------+------+------
               1 | A    | A
               2 | A    | A
               3 | A    | A
               4 | A    | A
               5 | A    | A
               6 | A    | A
               1 | A    | B
               2 | A    | B
               3 | A    | B
               4 | A    | B
               5 | A    | B
               6 | A    | B
               1 | A    | C
               2 | A    | C
               3 | A    | C
               4 | A    | C
               5 | A    | C
               6 | A    | C
               1 | B    | A
               2 | B    | A
               3 | B    | A
               4 | B    | A
               5 | B    | A
               6 | B    | A
               1 | B    | B
               2 | B    | B
               3 | B    | B
               4 | B    | B
               5 | B    | B
               6 | B    | B
               1 | B    | C
               2 | B    | C
               3 | B    | C
               4 | B    | C
               5 | B    | C
               6 | B    | C
(36 rows)

when what i want is:
1  | A    | A
2  | A    | B
3  | A    | C
4  | B    | A
5  | B    | B
6  | B    | C


thanks

Dave

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- On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:30 PM, David Kerr <dmk@mr-paradox.net> wrote:
-
- > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:28:18PM +0100, Raymond O'Donnell wrote:
- > - On 20/10/2010 23:22, David Kerr wrote:
- > - >I know I've seen posts on how to do this, but i can't seem to find them.
- > - >
- > - >I've got a data set
- > - >
- > - >A, B
- > - >A, C
- > - >A, D
- > - >[...]
- > - >
- > - >and so on
- > - >
- > - >and i'd like to be able to wite a query that would result in
- > - >
- > - >1,A,B
- > - >2,A,C
- > - >3,A,D
- > - >[...]
- > - >
- > - >PG version is 8.3.
- > - >
- > - >Any ideas?
- > -
- > - You probably want generate_series():
- > -
- > -    http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/functions-srf.html
- > -
- > - Ray.
- >
- > I thought, so. what would that look like?
- >
- > select generate_series(1,select count(*) from table), field1, field2 from
- > table
- > doesn't work..
- >
- >
- > thanks
- >
- > Dave
- >
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