On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 03:47:19PM -0700, DM wrote: - select generate_series(1,(select count(*) from tax)), country from tax; - - you should use braces around the sub select. - - Thanks - Deepak Table "public.test" Column | Type | Modifiers --------+----------------------+----------- col1 | character varying(2) | col2 | character varying(2) | select * from test; col1 | col2 ------+------ A | A A | B A | C B | A B | B B | C (6 rows) select generate_series(1,(select count(*) from test)), col1, col2 from test; generate_series | col1 | col2 -----------------+------+------ 1 | A | A 2 | A | A 3 | A | A 4 | A | A 5 | A | A 6 | A | A 1 | A | B 2 | A | B 3 | A | B 4 | A | B 5 | A | B 6 | A | B 1 | A | C 2 | A | C 3 | A | C 4 | A | C 5 | A | C 6 | A | C 1 | B | A 2 | B | A 3 | B | A 4 | B | A 5 | B | A 6 | B | A 1 | B | B 2 | B | B 3 | B | B 4 | B | B 5 | B | B 6 | B | B 1 | B | C 2 | B | C 3 | B | C 4 | B | C 5 | B | C 6 | B | C (36 rows) when what i want is: 1 | A | A 2 | A | B 3 | A | C 4 | B | A 5 | B | B 6 | B | C thanks Dave - - On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:30 PM, David Kerr <dmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: - - > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:28:18PM +0100, Raymond O'Donnell wrote: - > - On 20/10/2010 23:22, David Kerr wrote: - > - >I know I've seen posts on how to do this, but i can't seem to find them. - > - > - > - >I've got a data set - > - > - > - >A, B - > - >A, C - > - >A, D - > - >[...] - > - > - > - >and so on - > - > - > - >and i'd like to be able to wite a query that would result in - > - > - > - >1,A,B - > - >2,A,C - > - >3,A,D - > - >[...] - > - > - > - >PG version is 8.3. - > - > - > - >Any ideas? - > - - > - You probably want generate_series(): - > - - > - http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/functions-srf.html - > - - > - Ray. - > - > I thought, so. what would that look like? - > - > select generate_series(1,select count(*) from table), field1, field2 from - > table - > doesn't work.. - > - > - > thanks - > - > Dave - > - > -- - > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) - > To make changes to your subscription: - > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general - > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general