Here's the deal...
Instead of architecting and loading a table like...
create teble foo (col1 text, col2 text, col3 text, col4 text, col5 text);
insert into foo (col1,col2,col3,col4,col5) values ('c1',null,'c3','c4',null);
They did this instead...
create table foo (property text, value text);
in
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Gauthier, Dave wrote:
> Here's the deal...
>
> ** **
>
> Instead of architecting and loading a table like...
>
> create teble foo (col1 text, col2 text, col3 text, col4 text, col5 text);
>
>
> insert into foo (col1,col2,col3,col4,col5) values
> ('
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To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: [GENERAL] Need sql to pull data from terribly architected table
Here's the deal...
Inste
thier, Dave; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Need sql to pull data from terribly architected table
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Richard Broersma
mailto:richard.broer...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Chris Curvey
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Cc: Gauthier, Dave; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Need sql to pull data from terribly
From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Gauthier, Dave
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 3:31 PM
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Need sql to pull data from terribly architected table
Thanks for the answers. But I
On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:52:52 +, Gauthier, Dave said:
> Here's the deal...
>
> Instead of architecting and loading a table like...
> create teble foo (col1 text, col2 text, col3 text, col4 text, col5
> text); insert into foo (col1,col2,col3,col4,col5) values
> ('c1',null,'c3','c4',null);
>
> T
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 2:42 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> Also, with the organization they're using, one can make new "columns"
> on the fly. ... Anyway, the keypuncher is punching
> data, comes across a brand new type of data (let's say "artist"), so
> for this row the keypuncher puts in a key-value p
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:56:39 +1100, Chris Angelico said:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 2:42 AM, Steve Litt
> wrote:
> > Also, with the organization they're using, one can make new
> > "columns" on the fly. ... Anyway, the keypuncher is punching
> > data, comes across a brand new type of data (let's sa
