| From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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| To: | Brian Ghidinelli <brian(at)pukkasoft(dot)com> |
| Cc: | SF Postgres <sfpug(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Counting unique comma-delimited values in a text field |
| Date: | 2010-09-29 18:18:11 |
| Message-ID: | 20100929181811.GB805@fetter.org |
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On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:45:25AM -0700, Brian Ghidinelli wrote:
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> Hi list,
>
> I have a table where multiple values are stored in a delimited
> string field. Values look like:
That's not a super great idea. If you need such an interface, make it
a view on top of the underlying normalized tables you'll use to store
the actual data. :)
Whether you actually need that view or not, normalize the data, and
your queries will be a lot easier to manage.
Cheers,
David.
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