Michael Glaesemann wrote:
I'm trying to concatenate strings in variable orders using a custom aggregate. However, I'm having a difficult time figuring out the SQL I need to use to accomplish this. Here's a test case that shows the error I'm getting.

select bar_id, array_accum(foo_value)
from ordered_foo
group by bar_id
order by bar_id;
bar_id |         array_accum
--------+-----------------------------
      1 | {delta,alpha,charlie,bravo}
      2 | {C,B,A,D}


The result I'd like to see is
bar_id |         array_accum
--------+-----------------------------
      1 | {alpha,bravo,charlie,delta}
      2 | {A,B,C,D}

Just use a subselect --  you're looking for this, correct?

regression=# select bar_id, array_accum(foo_value) from (select * from ordered_foo order by foo_pos) as ss group by bar_id order by bar_id;
 bar_id |         array_accum
--------+-----------------------------
      1 | {alpha,bravo,charlie,delta}
      2 | {A,B,C,D}
(2 rows)

HTH,

Joe

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