GROUP BY Wildcard Syntax Thought

From: "David Johnston" <polobo(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: GROUP BY Wildcard Syntax Thought
Date: 2011-05-04 19:28:24
Message-ID: 00ab01cc0a91$6fd24a50$4f76def0$@yahoo.com
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When specifying columns in a GROUP BY clause would it be possible to use a
wildcard to specify all columns coming from a given relation?

SELECT

rosum.*,

sum(ld.amount) AS ldcost,

count(ld.amount) AS ldcount,

rosum.rocost + sum(ld.amount) AS netbal

FROM (

SELECT w.s_id, w.accountnumber, w.date_reference, w.invoicenumber,

sum(w.amount_cost) AS rocost, count(w.amount_cost) AS rocount

FROM wiplaboradpstaging w

WHERE <FILTER>

GROUP BY w.s_id, w.accountnumber, w.date_reference, w.invoicenumber

) rosum

LEFT JOIN ledgerdetail ld ON (

rosum.s_id = ld.s_id AND

rosum.accountnumber = ld.accountnumber AND

rosum.invoicenumber = ld.reference

)

GROUP BY rosum.* < ------- WildCard Group By Since the rosum sub-query has
already been subjected to a GROUP BY

Attempt to run this query in 9.0.3 results in:

"SQL Error: ERROR: column "rosum.s_id" must appear in the GROUP BY clause
or be used in an aggregate function

LINE 2: rosum.*,"

David J.

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