Re: Formatting results

Todd,

> Which is what I would expect.  What I would like is the output formatted
> like this:
>
> num| 2005-09-14 | 2005-09-21 | 2005-09-22
> ---+------------+------------+-----------
>  3 |     0      |      1     |      1  
>  5 |     1      |      0     |      2
>
>
> Is there a SQL way to do this?  I'd rather not use a stored procedure,
> and I would like to be able to do this on databases besides postgres.
>  (I am current using postgres, so that is my primary focus.  I just like
> to be general if possible)

Well, the easiest way to do it in PostgreSQL is to use crosstab()
from /contrib/tablefunc.

That's not, of course, portable.   For a review of ways to do it in
standard SQL, see Joe Celko's "SQL for Smarties, 2nd ed.", which has a
whole chapter on the topic.   In your case, though, that's going to
require generating some dynamic SQL on on the application layer, though.

--
--Josh

Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco