Re: Append n Rows into a Single Row

On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 08:51:55PM -0700, Samuel Gendler wrote:
> Actually, you need the array_agg() function to aggregate multiple rows into
> a single array, and that is discussed on the aggregate functions page,
> here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/functions-aggregate.html
>
> You could then use one of the other array functions to manipulate that
> array.
>
> But given that you are appending strings to each other in your example, you
> can also just use the string_agg function from that same page - assuming you
> are on 9.0. It looks like that function isn't available before 9.0
>

Nice blog post about this here:

http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/191-stringagg.html

Ross
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