-- hash based crosstab
--
create table cth(id serial, rowid text, rowdt timestamp, attribute text, val text);
-NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "cth_id_seq" for "serial" column "cth.id"
+NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "cth_id_seq" for serial column "cth.id"
insert into cth values(DEFAULT,'test1','01 March 2003','temperature','42');
insert into cth values(DEFAULT,'test1','01 March 2003','test_result','PASS');
-- the next line is intentionally left commented and is therefore a "missing" attribute
'SELECT DISTINCT rowdt, attribute FROM cth ORDER BY 2')
AS c(rowid text, rowdt timestamp, temperature int4, test_result text, test_startdate timestamp, volts float8);
ERROR: provided "categories" SQL must return 1 column of at least one row
+-- if source query returns zero rows, get zero rows returned
+SELECT * FROM crosstab(
+ 'SELECT rowid, rowdt, attribute, val FROM cth WHERE false ORDER BY 1',
+ 'SELECT DISTINCT attribute FROM cth ORDER BY 1')
+AS c(rowid text, rowdt timestamp, temperature text, test_result text, test_startdate text, volts text);
+ rowid | rowdt | temperature | test_result | test_startdate | volts
+-------+-------+-------------+-------------+----------------+-------
+(0 rows)
+
+-- if source query returns zero rows, get zero rows returned even if category query generates no rows
+SELECT * FROM crosstab(
+ 'SELECT rowid, rowdt, attribute, val FROM cth WHERE false ORDER BY 1',
+ 'SELECT DISTINCT attribute FROM cth WHERE false ORDER BY 1')
+AS c(rowid text, rowdt timestamp, temperature text, test_result text, test_startdate text, volts text);
+ rowid | rowdt | temperature | test_result | test_startdate | volts
+-------+-------+-------------+-------------+----------------+-------
+(0 rows)
+
--
-- connectby
--
'SELECT DISTINCT rowdt, attribute FROM cth ORDER BY 2')
AS c(rowid text, rowdt timestamp, temperature int4, test_result text, test_startdate timestamp, volts float8);
+-- if source query returns zero rows, get zero rows returned
+SELECT * FROM crosstab(
+ 'SELECT rowid, rowdt, attribute, val FROM cth WHERE false ORDER BY 1',
+ 'SELECT DISTINCT attribute FROM cth ORDER BY 1')
+AS c(rowid text, rowdt timestamp, temperature text, test_result text, test_startdate text, volts text);
+
+-- if source query returns zero rows, get zero rows returned even if category query generates no rows
+SELECT * FROM crosstab(
+ 'SELECT rowid, rowdt, attribute, val FROM cth WHERE false ORDER BY 1',
+ 'SELECT DISTINCT attribute FROM cth WHERE false ORDER BY 1')
+AS c(rowid text, rowdt timestamp, temperature text, test_result text, test_startdate text, volts text);
--
-- connectby
MemoryContextSwitchTo(SPIcontext);
}
}
- else
- {
- /* no qualifying tuples */
- SPI_finish();
- ereport(ERROR,
- (errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
- errmsg("provided \"categories\" SQL must " \
- "return 1 column of at least one row")));
- }
if (SPI_finish() != SPI_OK_FINISH)
/* internal error */
j;
int result_ncols;
+ if (num_categories == 0)
+ {
+ /* no qualifying category tuples */
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+ errmsg("provided \"categories\" SQL must " \
+ "return 1 column of at least one row")));
+ }
+
/*
* The provided SQL query must always return at least three
* columns:
MemoryContextSwitchTo(SPIcontext);
}
- else
- {
- /* no qualifying tuples */
- SPI_finish();
- }
if (SPI_finish() != SPI_OK_FINISH)
/* internal error */