Re: array_accum() and quoted content

Raymond C. Rodgers escribió:

> The query in which I'm using array_accum() is building a
> list of companies and the associated publishers for each. For example:
>
> SELECT c.company_id, c.company_name, array_accum(p.publisher_name) AS
> publishers FROM company_table c LEFT JOIN company_publisher_assoc cpa ON
> c.company_id = cpa.company_id LEFT JOIN publisher_table p ON
> cpa.publisher_id = p.publisher_id GROUP BY c.company_id, c.company_name
> ORDER BY company_name
>
> (This query isn't direct out of my code, and thus may have errors, but
> it should convey the idea of what I'm trying to accomplish.)
>
> The result is that I should have a single row containing the company_id,
> company_name, and publishers' names if any.

In order to do this you can use a custom aggregate function to
concatenate the texts. I have described this previously here:

http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/20080327234052.GZ8764%40alvh.no-ip.org

the text is in spanish but the SQL commands should be trivial to follow.

I think this is a FAQ.

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