Re: Greatest of a list of columns?

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Greatest of a list of columns?
Date: 2021-07-01 13:28:27
Message-ID: CAFj8pRA1G=qKnQsmHGHXuRXhcJj9bhgm-cNRDEy0hw8ne-TU6g@mail.gmail.com
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čt 1. 7. 2021 v 15:27 odesílatel Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
napsal:

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> čt 1. 7. 2021 v 15:26 odesílatel Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> napsal:
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>> Postgresql 12.5
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>> What's the canonical Postgresql method for doing, for example, this?
>> SELECT relname, MAXOF(last_vacuum, last_autovacuum)
>> FROM pg_stat_user_tables;
>>
>> Seeing both last_vacuum and last_autovacuum is useful, of course, but
>> sometimes I only want to see the "really" last time it was vacuumed.
>>
>> I can hard code a case statement, but a generic multi-column solution is
>> preferred.
>>
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> postgres=# select greatest(current_date, current_date + 1);
> ┌────────────┐
> │ greatest │
> ╞════════════╡
> │ 2021-07-02 │
> └────────────┘
> (1 row)
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https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-conditional.html

> Pavel
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>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> Angular momentum makes the world go 'round.
>>
>>
>>

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