david, thanks for the help.Would this be the equivalent, for the statement in your email, for table TEST1 (x integer, y varchar(20)):ft_node=# SELECT md5(string_agg(vals::text, ''))ft_node-# from (select x,y from test1) vals(x,y);?
The subquery is redundant if you already have a table:
select md5(string_agg(test1::text, '')) from test1;
David J.