From: Phillip Smith <phillip.smith@weatherbeeta.com.au>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: populate value of column
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:37:22 +1000
Message-ID: <00ec01c7d97e$31c9bd80$9b0014ac@wbaus090> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ddcb1c340708072230pe7e096bx40fe3e8b348a69de@mail.gmail.com>
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From: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org]
On Behalf Of novice
Sent: Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:31
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: [SQL] populate value of column
> How can I generate the following result?
>
> meter_id | bay
> ----------+------------
> 1001 | 01
> 1001 | 02
> 1001 | 03
> 1001 | 04
> 1012 | 01
> 1012 | 02
> 1012 | 03
> 1012 | 04
> 1012 | 05
> 1012 | 06
I even tested this one too ;)
SELECT meter_id,
LPAD(GENERATE_SERIES(1,area_no),2,'0')
FROM meter;
Works on 8.2.4 - you didn't say what version you were using.
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