Re: oracle's first_value function for postgres?

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Ben <bench(at)silentmedia(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: oracle's first_value function for postgres?
Date: 2005-09-13 20:34:40
Message-ID: 20050913203420.GB3113@svana.org
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On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 12:15:21PM -0700, Ben wrote:
> Oracle has a very handy function called first_value, which can be used
> to turn a set like this:

Look at DISTINCT ON ()

> Does postgres have something equivalent, or, even better, is there a
> reasonable way to express this in standard SQL?

In standard SQL, not really, which is why it's an extention...
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