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user2569524
user2569524

Reputation: 1751

Get column values from multiple rows as array

I am trying to fetch column values as an array in order to use them in the function array_agg_transfn() to calculate the median value as defined in the Postgres Wiki.

The column values of a particular column I fetch based on the current row. For example, 13 rows below the current row. I tried using the following query:

select a."Week_value", 
       array_agg(a."Week_value") 
            over(order by prod_name,week_date desc 
                 rows between 0 preceding and 12 following) 
from vin_temp_table

But got this error message:

array_agg_transfn called in non-aggregate context

Is it possible to build an array from column-values in the next n rows?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 791

Answers (2)

krokodilko
krokodilko

Reputation: 36087

If array_agg doesn't work in your version, then try this approach 

WITH Q AS(
  SELECT week,
         row_number() over (order by week) rn
  FROM test
)
SELECT week,
       ( SELECT array_agg(q2.week) 
         FROM q q2
         WHERE q2.rn BETWEEN q1.rn
                     AND q1.rn + 12
       )
FROM q q1;

working demo (on 8.4.17) --> http://sqlfiddle.com/#!11/7eda9/1
but it can be slow.

Upvotes: 0

Erwin Brandstetter
Erwin Brandstetter

Reputation: 656241

This works just fine with Postgres 9.3:

SELECT week_value
     , array_agg(week_value) OVER(ORDER BY prod_name, week_date DESC
                                  ROWS BETWEEN 0 PRECEDING AND 12 FOLLOWING)
FROM   tbl

-> SQLfiddle for 9.3

But not in version 8.4:

-> SQLfiddle for 8.4

The syntax ROWS BETWEEN frame_start AND frame_end was introduced with Postgres 9.0 and is not available in 8.4. Compare the current manual with its 8.4 counterpart.

Postgres 8.4 is rather old by now and reaching EOL this summer. Consider upgrading to the current version.

Upvotes: 1

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