Re: [SQL] can a function return a virtual table?

2005-04-22 Thread Kai Hessing
Hi, and thanks for the answer ;) (*upps* just noticed, that I sent the answer accidently direct to poster^^ *sorry*) Michael Fuhr schrieb: >> I'll pick a nit and point out that the above isn't a valid query: >> >> test=> SELECT xyz, abc FROM (SELECT * FROM tablex WHERE status > -1); >> ERROR:

[SQL] can a function return a virtual table?

2005-04-18 Thread Kai Hessing
This is the question i'm telling myself. It is because we don't really delete table entries, just setting a status field to '-1'. So a valid select would look like: SELECT xyz, abc FROM (SELECT * FROM tablex WHERE status > -1); It would be much nicer to have to write something like: SELECT xyz, abc

[SQL] Problem with SQL_ASCII

2005-03-04 Thread Kai Hessing
I have a little problem in PostgreSQL 7.39 (and previous). Our database is in 'SQL_ASCII'-Format. When doing SQL-Selects all special Characters (e.g. äöüß, etc...) are ASCII encoded (sure they are). Is there any function to change the encoding to - let's say - LATIN1 (reverse function for to_ascii(

Re: [SQL] Advanced SELECT

2005-03-01 Thread Kai Hessing
Hi, Tom Lane schrieb: > [ experiments... ] This works reliably in 7.4 and up. Before that, > the optimizer didn't make the connection between the sort ordering of > the inner query and that needed by the outer, so it would repeat the > sort step using only key1 and very possibly destroy the key2

Re: [SQL] Software for database-visualisation

2005-02-28 Thread Kai Hessing
Sean Davis schrieb: > If you mean literally visualizing the ERD, you can look at > SQL::Translator (on cpan) which can draw fairly complex ERDs and output > as graphics (I forget the supported formats) I'll have a look at it. Thank you both! -- GnuPG-PublicKey -> http://www.hobsons.de/pgp/

Re: [SQL] Advanced SELECT

2005-02-28 Thread Kai Hessing
Richard Huxton schrieb: > Search the mailing-list archives for "custom aggregate concat" and > you'll quickly find an example of how to write your own custom aggregate > (like SUM()). > > Warning - I don't think you can guarantee the order of elements in the > aggregated sectors. Thank you ver

[SQL] Advanced SELECT

2005-02-23 Thread Kai Hessing
Hi Folks, I hope to have found the right group for my question. I have difficult sql-task. I try to describe it simple: We have a table 'company' with a cid and a table 'sector' with a sid. They are connected m:n via a third table 'company_sector' which contians csid, cid and sid. The normal cl

[SQL] Software for database-visualisation

2005-02-23 Thread Kai Hessing
Another question: Which software are you using to visualize your database-structur. We're doing it with Quark, but are not very happy with this. Thanks Kai... -- GnuPG-PublicKey -> http://www.hobsons.de/pgp/kai_hessing.asc Viele, die die schaendlichsten Handlungen begehen, fuehren hoechst vern