Jashaswee wrote > I have numeric values in a numeric column.the column has two parts.i want > to split in 2 differnet column . > The column value looks like this: > > Quantity > 2000 > -1000 > > both the quantity values are of a same product.but i want these in a > single line. > so what i want is a result set that looks like: > In quantity Out quantity > ----------- ------------ > 2000 -1000 > > how can i get this in a select statement ? I presume this is a debit/credit situation. Basically you use a CASE expression to put the amount into the correct column depending on whether it is greater or less than zero. The rest of the query is simply a matter of what kind of detail you want. WITH make_debit_credit_columns_for_each_record AS ( SELECT ... , CASE WHEN amt >= 0 THEN amt ELSE 0.00 END AS debit , CASE WHEN amt < 0 THEN amt ELSE 0.00 END AS credit FROM source_table ) SELECT ..., SUM(debit) AS total_debit, SUM(credit) AS total_credit FROM make_debit_credit_columns_for_each_record GROUP BY ... David J. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/postgresql-query-tp5759846p5760003.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general