Re: SQL syntax rowcount value as an extra column in the result set

Hi,
>It works, but you should use a recent version:

>test=*# select count(1) over (), i from foo;
> count | i
>-------+----
> 8 | 1
> 8 | 2
> 8 | 3
> 8 | 6
> 8 | 7
> 8 | 9
> 8 | 13
> 8 | 14
>(8 rows)

> test=*# select version();
> version
>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PostgreSQL 8.4.2 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc-4.3.real
> (Debian 4.3.2-1.1) 4.3.2, 64-bit
> (1 row)

Thank you for setting that right. Apologies for not checking version.
Is this approach better compared to
postgres=# select * from (select count(*) from people ) p, (select
firstname from people)p2;
count | firstname
-------+-----------
5 | Mary
5 | Mary
5 | John
5 | John
5 | Jacob
(5 rows)
This gives me
postgres=# explain select * from (select count(*) from people )as p,
(select firstname from people)p2;
QUERY PLAN
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Nested Loop (cost=14.00..30.42 rows=320 width=226)
-> Aggregate (cost=14.00..14.01 rows=1 width=0)
-> Seq Scan on people (cost=0.00..13.20 rows=320 width=0)
-> Seq Scan on people (cost=0.00..13.20 rows=320 width=218)

Since I don't have 8.4, I am not in a position to do explain on that
version. My guess - over () will be better. My query does sequential
scans/nested loop...(if there are no indexes)

Regards,
Regards,
Jayadevan
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