From: "Leif B. Kristensen" <leif@solumslekt.org>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: "Flattening" query result into columns
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:37:08 +0100
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On Monday 21 March 2005 22:57, Thomas Borg Salling wrote:
> I am looking for a way to "flatten" a query result, so that rows are
> "transposed" into columns, just as asked here for oracle:
>
> Is there any way to do this with pgsql =A0?

Just to help out the guys, here's a working link:

<http://groups.google.dk/groups?hl=3Dda&selm=3Daad10be0.0401292322.7b6c320b=
%40posting.google.com>

What you're asking for is called a pivot table, and at least in Oracle=20
they use a function called decode(). I need exactly the same thing, but=20
I too am unable to find the optimal way to do it in PostgreSQL.
=2D-=20
Leif Biberg Kristensen
http://solumslekt.org/