Re: first_value/last_value

From: Tom Smith <tomsmith1989sk(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Adam Brusselback <adambrusselback(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: first_value/last_value
Date: 2016-05-19 02:24:08
Message-ID: CAKwSVFH2V6pXiAGNkD7X8LeE9vdhe-zHEuKO+v9nRRREYvfdVQ@mail.gmail.com
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I need to use both in single sql.

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Adam Brusselback <adambrusselback(at)gmail(dot)com
> wrote:

> Is there a reason you can't do that now with a limit 1/order by/union all?
> Just have it ordered one way on the first query and the other on the
> bottom. That will give you two rows that are the first / last in your set
> based on whatever column you order on.
> On May 18, 2016 8:47 PM, "Tom Smith" <tomsmith1989sk(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Hello:
>>
>> Is there a plan for 9.7 to enable using the two aggregate function
>> as non-window function? i.e. enabling getting the first/last row
>> in single sql without using window features.
>> There is actually a C-extension for first()/last().
>> I am wondering if 9.7 would make them built-in function like max/min
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>

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