PostgreSQL Crosstab Query

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Does any one know how to create crosstab queries in PostgreSQL  For example I have the following table   Section    Status    Count A          Active    1 A          Inactive  2 B          Active    4 B          Inactive  5   I would like the query to return the following crosstab   Section    Active    Inactive A          1         2 B          4         5   Is this possible

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Solution with JSON aggregation    CREATE TEMP TABLE t     section   text   status    text   ct        integer  -- don t use  count  as column name      INSERT INTO t VALUES      A    Active   1     A    Inactive   2      B    Active   4     B    Inactive   5                         C    Inactive   7      SELECT section          obj - gt  gt   Active    int AS active          obj - gt  gt   Inactive    int AS inactive FROM  SELECT section  json object agg status ct  AS obj       FROM t       GROUP BY section       X

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Sorry this isn t complete because I can t test it here  but it may get you off in the right direction   I m translating from something I use that makes a similar query   select mt section  mt1 count as Active  mt2 count as Inactive from mytable mt left join  select section  count from mytable where status  Active  mt1 on mt section   mt1 section left join  select section  count from mytable where status  Inactive  mt2 on mt section   mt2 section group by mt section           mt1 count           mt2 count order by mt section asc    The code I m working from is   select m typeID  m1 highBid  m2 lowAsk  m1 highBid - m2 lowAsk as diff  100  m1 highBid - m2 lowAsk  m2 lowAsk as diffPercent from mktTrades m    left join  select typeID MAX price  as highBid from mktTrades where bid 1 group by typeID m1    on m typeID   m1 typeID    left join  select typeID MIN price  as lowAsk  from mktTrades where bid 0 group by typeID m2    on m1 typeID   m2 typeID group by m typeID            m1 highBid            m2 lowAsk order by diffPercent desc    which will return a typeID  the highest price bid and the lowest price asked and the difference between the two  a positive difference would mean something could be bought for less than it can be sold

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SELECT section         SUM CASE status WHEN  Active  THEN count ELSE 0 END  AS active  --here you pivot each status value as a separate column explicitly        SUM CASE status WHEN  Inactive  THEN count ELSE 0 END  AS inactive --here you pivot each status  value as a separate column explicitly  FROM t GROUP BY section

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You can use the crosstab   function of the additional module tablefunc - which you have to install once per database  Since PostgreSQL 9 1 you can use CREATE EXTENSION for that   CREATE EXTENSION tablefunc    In your case  I believe it would look something like this   CREATE TABLE t  Section CHAR 1   Status VARCHAR 10   Count integer    INSERT INTO t VALUES   A    Active     1   INSERT INTO t VALUES   A    Inactive   2   INSERT INTO t VALUES   B    Active     4   INSERT INTO t VALUES   B    Inactive   5    SELECT row name AS Section         category 1  integer AS Active         category 2  integer AS Inactive FROM crosstab  select section  text  status  count  text from t  2              AS ct  row name text  category 1 text  category 2 text

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Install the additional module tablefunc once per database  which provides the function crosstab    Since Postgres 9 1 you can use CREATE EXTENSION for that   CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS tablefunc    Improved test case  CREATE TABLE tbl      section   text    status    text    ct        integer  --  count  is a reserved word in standard SQL     INSERT INTO tbl VALUES      A    Active   1     A    Inactive   2      B    Active   4     B    Inactive   5                          C    Inactive   7    --   C    Active   is missing   Simple form - not fit for missing attributes  crosstab text  with 1 input parameter   SELECT   FROM   crosstab      SELECT section  status  ct     FROM   tbl     ORDER  BY 1 2   -- needs to be  ORDER BY 1 2  here      AS ct   Section  text   Active  int   Inactive  int     Returns     Section   Active   Inactive --------- -------- ----------  A              1          2  B              4          5  C              7             --       No need for casting and renaming  Note the incorrect result for C  the value 7 is filled in for the first column  Sometimes  this behavior is desirable  but not for this use case  The simple form is also limited to exactly three columns in the provided input query  row name  category  value  There is no room for extra columns like in the 2-parameter alternative below    Safe form  crosstab text  text  with 2 input parameters   SELECT   FROM   crosstab      SELECT section  status  ct     FROM   tbl     ORDER  BY 1 2   -- could also just be  ORDER BY 1  here        VALUES   Active   text     Inactive          AS ct   Section  text   Active  int   Inactive  int    Returns     Section   Active   Inactive --------- -------- ----------  A              1          2  B              4          5  C                         7  --       Note the correct result for C  The second parameter can be any query that returns one row per attribute matching the order of the column definition at the end  Often you will want to query distinct attributes from the underlying table like this    SELECT DISTINCT attribute FROM tbl ORDER BY 1    That s in the manual   Since you have to spell out all columns in a column definition list anyway  except for pre-defined crosstabN   variants   it is typically more efficient to provide a short list in a VALUES expression like demonstrated     VALUES   Active   text     Inactive        Or  not in the manual      SELECT unnest   Active Inactive    text       -- short syntax for long lists  I used dollar quoting to make quoting easier  You can even output columns with different data types with crosstab text  text  - as long as the text representation of the value column is valid input for the target type  This way you might have attributes of different kind and output text  date  numeric etc  for respective attributes  There is a code example at the end of the chapter crosstab text  text  in the manual    db lt  fiddle here  Advanced examples   Pivot on Multiple Columns using Tablefunc - also demonstrating mentioned  extra columns  Dynamic alternative to pivot with CASE and GROUP BY      crosstabview in psql  Postgres 9 6 added this meta-command to its default interactive terminal psql  You can run the query you would use as first crosstab   parameter and feed it to  crosstabview  immediately or in the next step   Like   db  gt  SELECT section  status  ct FROM tbl  crosstabview   Similar result as above  but it s a representation feature on the client side exclusively  Input rows are treated slightly differently  hence ORDER BY is not required  Details for  crosstabview in the manual  There are more code examples at the bottom of that page   Related answer on dba SE by Daniel V  rit    the author of the psql feature     How do I generate a pivoted CROSS JOIN where the resulting table definition is unknown        The previously accepted answer is outdated    The variant of the function crosstab text  integer  is outdated  The second integer parameter is ignored  I quote the current manual      crosstab text sql  int N            Obsolete version of crosstab text   The parameter N is now ignored    since the number of value columns is always determined by the calling query  Needless casting and renaming  It fails if a row does not have all attributes  See safe variant with two input parameters above to handle missing attributes properly   ORDER BY is required in the one-parameter form of crosstab    The manual      In practice the SQL query should always specify ORDER BY 1 2 to ensure   that the input rows are properly ordered

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Crosstab function is available under the tablefunc extension  You ll have to create this extension one time for the database   CREATE EXTENSION tablefunc   You can use the below code to create pivot table using cross tab   create table test Crosstab  section text   lt br  gt status text   lt br  gt count numeric    lt br  gt insert into test Crosstab values    A   Active  1                   lt br  gt     A   Inactive  2                   lt br  gt     B   Active  4                   lt br  gt     B   Inactive  5   select   from crosstab   lt br  gt  select section      lt br  gt  status      lt br  gt  count      lt br  gt from test crosstab       lt br  gt  as ctab   Section  text  Active  numeric  Inactive  numeric

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