Re: Calculation of per Capita on-the-fly - problems with SQL syntax

From: Stefan Schwarzer <stefan(dot)schwarzer(at)grid(dot)unep(dot)ch>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Calculation of per Capita on-the-fly - problems with SQL syntax
Date: 2007-10-15 12:08:24
Message-ID: B37455BB-F931-40F0-A6EE-33E4AA7AEC5A@grid.unep.ch
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> This should give you the same data out in a different format. Note
> that
> most of the NULL values will be excluded from this result.
>
> SELECT cname, year, d.value/pt.value
> FROM
> public_multiple_tables.agri_area AS d
> INNER JOIN
> public_multiple_tables.pop_total AS pt ON pt.id_country =
> d.id_country AND pt.year = d.year
> INNER JOIN
> countries_view AS c ON c.id = d.id_country
> WHERE d.year in (2002,2003,2004)
> AND pt.value <> 0
> ORDER by c.name, year;

Ah... Thanks a lot for that.

Just one thing: As my year columns can have as well values like
"1970-75", they are not integers, but text fields. Thus, the "IN"
parameter in the "WHERE" clause doesn't work. Do you have any other
idea how ti could work?

Thanks a lot for your help!

Stef

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