Re: BUG #16107: string_agg looses first item

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: andrew(dot)wheelwright(at)familysearch(dot)org
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #16107: string_agg looses first item
Date: 2019-11-11 22:47:39
Message-ID: 27256.1573512459@sss.pgh.pa.us
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PG Bug reporting form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> I ran into a scenario where I found results getting dropped from string
> aggregation. Here's a basic example which reproduces the problem on three
> different servers running PostgreSQL 9.6.6, 10.6, and 11.5, respectively. I
> don't have an instance running version 12.

> with dataset as (
> select 'One' "Label", 1 "ID"
> union
> select 'Two' "Label", 2 "ID"
> union
> select 'Three' "Label", 3 "ID"
> )
> select
> string_agg(', ', "Label" order by "ID") "String Aggregated Labels",
> array_agg("Label" order by "ID") "Array Aggregated Labels"
> from
> dataset
> ;

> Which renders the following result:
> String Aggregated Labels: `, Two, Three, `
> Array Aggregated Labels: `{One,Two,Three}`

I think you've got the string_agg parameters backwards, it should be

regression=# with dataset as (
select 'One' "Label", 1 "ID"
union
select 'Two' "Label", 2 "ID"
union
select 'Three' "Label", 3 "ID"
)
select
string_agg("Label", ', ' order by "ID") "String Aggregated Labels",
array_agg("Label" order by "ID") "Array Aggregated Labels"
from
dataset
;
String Aggregated Labels | Array Aggregated Labels
--------------------------+-------------------------
One, Two, Three | {One,Two,Three}
(1 row)

regards, tom lane

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