Hello. On 18.8.2016 10:56, hamann.w@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a table cv with custid and vendid columns. Every entry represents the purchase of a product > available from a specific vendor. > Now, for a set of "interesting" vendors, I would like to select a new table > custid, c415, c983, c1256 > based upon part queries > select custid, count(vendid) as c415 from cv where vendid = 415 group by custid > > The only way i managed to achieve that was > > select distinct custid into temp table cv1 from cv; > alter table cv1 add column c415 int; > update cv1 set c415 = part.c415 from > (select custid, count(vendid) as c415 from cv where vendid = 415 group by custid) part > where cv1.custid = part.custid; > and repeating the process for every column requested > > Is there a better way (by creating an aggregate function, perhaps) Perhaps the following is what you need (not tested!): SELECT custid , sum(CASE WHEN vendid = 415 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS c415 , sum(CASE WHEN vendid = 983 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS c983 , sum(CASE WHEN vendid = 1256 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS c1256 FROM cv GROUP BY 1 HTH, Ladislav Lenart -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general