Re: Concatenating several rows

From: "George Pavlov" <gpavlov(at)mynewplace(dot)com>
To: "Pierre Thibaudeau" <pierdeux(at)gmail(dot)com>, <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Concatenating several rows
Date: 2007-01-30 03:30:02
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make it an array first:

SELECT array_to_string(array(SELECT name FROM pseudonyms WHERE
person_id=125), ' ');

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of
> Pierre Thibaudeau
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 6:50 PM
> To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [NOVICE] Concatenating several rows
>
> SELECT name FROM pseudonyms WHERE person_id=125;
>
> I know in advance that this query yields between 0 and 5 rows of
> results, depending on the actual person_id.
>
> How can I concatenate those results into one text string?
> Something like:
>
> SELECT array_to_string( (SELECT name FROM pseudonyms WHERE
> person_id=125), ' ');
>
> which doesn't work...
>

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