From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: olympics ranking query
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:46:22 -0400
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David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com> writes:
> Challenge question: is there a simpler way to do query #1 (without any
> PL, and if possible without sequences too?
Can't without sequences AFAIK, but you certainly can do it simpler:
select setval('seq1', 0);
select nextval('seq1'), * from
(select count(*) as numranker,
gold, silver, bronze
from countrymedal
group by gold, silver, bronze
order by gold desc, silver desc, bronze desc) ss;
regards, tom lane
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