From: | "Markus Juenemann" <markus(at)juenemann(dot)net> |
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To: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Setting boolean column based on cumulative integer value |
Date: | 2006-12-01 13:50:37 |
Message-ID: | 9d8bdcf30612010550o3a5721lefc366e4984fd145@mail.gmail.com |
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Hi (again!)
[stupid email program sent my message before I finished it!!!]
I've got a bit of a tricky (for me!) problem. The example below is
completely ficticious but
describes my real problem in a way which might be easier to understand.
Imagine the table contains a list of passenger wanting to get on a
small(!) plane.
The plane can carry at most 200kg of passengers and will be filled
strictly on a first-come
first-serve basis - well, check-in staff is a bit stupid ;-). So what
needs to be done is to set the 'gets_seat' column to true until the
weight limit is reached.
CREATE TABLE passenger_queue (
id serial NOT NULL,
name character varying(40) NOT NULL,
weight integer NOT NULL,
gets_seat boolean default false
)
insert into passenger_queue values (1,"Peter",75,false)
insert into passenger_queue values (2,"Mary",50,false)
insert into passenger_queue values (3,"John",70,false)
insert into passenger_queue values (4,"Steve",80,false)
According to the specifications given above Peter, Mary and John would
have 'gets_seat'
set to true because their cumulative weight is 195kg while Steve misses out.
The big question is: How can I do this in a nice SQL query???
Thanks
Markus
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