From: | Mark Lybarger <mlybarger(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | update records to have occurance number |
Date: | 2016-10-25 15:06:26 |
Message-ID: | CAKM-gmJXa90rKwiQ7Z4VXyBzaHAONzT7s1Z+aAvsHiFJ_budLw@mail.gmail.com |
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I want to update a table to have the value of the occurrence number. For
instance, I have the below table. I want to update the number column to
increment the count of last name occurrences, so that it looks like this:
first last 1
second last 2
third last 3
first other 1
next other 2
Here's my simple table:
create table person ( fname text, lname text, number integer);
insert into person (fname, lname) values ('first', 'last');
insert into person (fname, lname) values ('second', 'last');
insert into person (fname, lname) values ('third', 'last');
insert into person (fname, lname) values ('first', 'other');
insert into person (fname, lname) values ('next', 'other');
How would I issue an update statement to update the number column?
thanks!
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