"Daniel Verite" <dan...@manitou-mail.org> writes:
> I want to suggest a client-side \pivot command in psql, implemented
> in the attached patch.

> \pivot takes the current query in the buffer, execute it and
> display it pivoted by interpreting the result as:

> column1 => row in pivoted output
> column2 => column in pivoted output
> column3 => value at (row,column) in pivoted ouput

I can see the value of a feature like this, but doing it in psql sure
seems like the wrong place.  It would be unavailable to anything
except interactive use.

Is there a way to implement pivoting as a set-returning function?

                        regards, tom lane


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