"Willy-Bas Loos" <willybas@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I want to test the behavior of an an aggregate without creating a dummy > table for it. > But the code for it is horrible. > Is there no simpler way? > select max(foo) > from (select 1 as foo union select 2 as foo)bar; Perhaps VALUES? regression=# select max(foo) from (values(1,2),(3,4),(5,6)) as v(foo,bar); max ----- 5 (1 row) regards, tom lane