Re: Formulating an sql query with CTID

From: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)skype(dot)net>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
Cc: Tzahi Fadida <Tzahi(dot)ML(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Formulating an sql query with CTID
Date: 2006-07-29 19:56:46
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Ühel kenal päeval, L, 2006-07-29 kell 18:25, kirjutas Martijn van
Oosterhout:
> On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 03:37:15AM +0300, Tzahi Fadida wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have a query i am having trouble to formulate:
> > I used to do:
> > SELECT DISTINCT a0,a1 FROM public.t1
> > However, now i need to add the CTID attribute, but CTID is unique
> > thus, distinct is useless. In addition, i can't seem to be able to use max()
> > etc... or casting to anything on CTID in order to use group by technique.
>
> Use DISTINCT ON, see the docs for details.
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/queries-select-lists.html
>
> That's for an older version, but it still works the same, google isn't
> delivering the newer version...

replace /7.4/ with /8.1/ to get a newer version ;)

> Have an nice day,
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