Re: function to return rows as columns?

["A. Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>]

In response to Linos :
> Hello,
> 	i have a query that returns a result set like this:
> 
> item | size | stock
> 123  | XL   | 10
> 123  | XXL | 5
> 123  | XS   | 3
> 
> and i would like get the results like this:
> 
> item | XL | XXL | XS
> 123  | 10  | 5     | 3

Other solution with plain SQL:

test=*# select * from linos ;
 item | size | stock
------+------+-------
  123 | XL   |    10
  123 | XXL  |     5
  123 | XS   |     3
(3 rows)

test=*# select item, sum(case when size='XL' then stock else 0 end) as
"XL", sum(case when size='XXL' then stock else 0 end) as "XXL", sum(case
when size='XS' then stock else 0 end) as "XS" from linos where item=123
group by item;
 item | XL | XXL | XS
------+----+-----+----
  123 | 10 |   5 |  3
(1 row)


Andreas
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