Postgres dynamische kolomkoppen (van een andere tabel)

gebaseerd op antwoord Postgres dynamische kolomkoppen (van een andere tafel) (het werk van Eric Vallabh Minikel) ik heb de functie verbeterd om flexibeler en handiger te zijn. Ik denk dat het ook nuttig kan zijn voor anderen, vooral omdat het alleen afhankelijk is van pg/plsql en geen installatie van extensies nodig heeft zoals andere afleidingen van erics work (d.w.z. plpython). Testet met 9.3.5 maar zou ook minimaal tot 9.2 moeten werken.

Verbeteringen:

• omgaan met gedraaide kolomnamen die spaties bevatten
• omgaan met kolommen met meerdere rijkoppen
• omgaan met de aggregatiefunctie in de spilcel en de niet-geaggregeerde spilcel (laatste parameter kan zowel 'sum(cellval)' als 'cellval' zijn in het geval dat de onderliggende tabel/weergave al aggregeert)
• detecteert automatisch het gegevenstype van de spilcel (het is niet meer nodig om het aan de functie door te geven)

Gebruik:

SELECT get_crosstab_statement('table_to_pivot', ARRAY['rowname' [, <other_row_header_columns_as_well>], 'colname', 'max(cellval)');

Code:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_crosstab_statement(tablename character varying, row_header_columns character varying[], pivot_headers_column character varying, pivot_values character varying)
  RETURNS character varying AS
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--returns the sql statement to use for pivoting the table
--based on: http://www.cureffi.org/2013/03/19/automatically-creating-pivot-table-column-names-in-postgresql/
--based on: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4104508/postgres-dynamic-column-headers-from-another-table
--based on: http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/categories/24-tablefunc

DECLARE
    arrayname CONSTANT character varying := 'r';

    row_headers_simple character varying;
    row_headers_quoted character varying;
    row_headers_castdown character varying;
    row_headers_castup character varying;
    row_header_count smallint;
    row_header record;

    pivot_values_columnname character varying;
    pivot_values_datatype character varying;
    pivot_headers_definition character varying;
    pivot_headers_simple character varying;

    sql_row_headers character varying;
    sql_pivot_headers character varying;
    sql_crosstab_result character varying;

BEGIN
    -- 1. create row header definitions
    row_headers_simple   :=         array_to_string(row_header_columns, ', ');
    row_headers_quoted   := '''' || array_to_string(row_header_columns, ''', ''') || '''';
    row_headers_castdown :=         array_to_string(row_header_columns, '::text, ') || '::text';

    row_header_count     := 0;
    sql_row_headers      := 'SELECT column_name, data_type
                            FROM information_schema.columns
                            WHERE table_name = ''' || tablename || ''' AND column_name IN (' || row_headers_quoted || ')';
    FOR row_header IN EXECUTE sql_row_headers LOOP
        row_header_count := row_header_count + 1;
        row_headers_castup := COALESCE(row_headers_castup || ', ', '') || arrayname || '[' || row_header_count || ']::' || row_header.data_type || ' AS ' || row_header.column_name;
    END LOOP;

    -- 2. retrieve basic column name in case an aggregate function is used
    SELECT coalesce(substring(pivot_values FROM '.*\((.*)\)'), pivot_values)
    INTO pivot_values_columnname;

    -- 3. retrieve pivot values datatype
    SELECT data_type
    FROM information_schema.columns
    WHERE table_name = tablename AND column_name = pivot_values_columnname
    INTO pivot_values_datatype;

    -- 4. retrieve list of pivot column names.
    sql_pivot_headers := 'SELECT string_agg(DISTINCT quote_ident(' || pivot_headers_column || '), '', '' ORDER BY quote_ident(' || pivot_headers_column || ')) as names, string_agg(DISTINCT quote_ident(' || pivot_headers_column || ') || '' ' || pivot_values_datatype || ''', '', '' ORDER BY quote_ident(' || pivot_headers_column || ') || '' ' || pivot_values_datatype || ''') as definitions FROM ' || tablename || ';';
    EXECUTE sql_pivot_headers INTO pivot_headers_simple, pivot_headers_definition;

    -- 5. set up the crosstab query
    sql_crosstab_result := 'SELECT  ' || replace (row_headers_castup || ', ' || pivot_headers_simple, ', ', ',
        ') || '
FROM    crosstab (
        ''SELECT ARRAY[' || row_headers_castdown || '] AS ' || arrayname || ', ' || pivot_headers_column || ', ' || pivot_values || '
        FROM ' || tablename || '
        GROUP BY ' || row_headers_simple || ', ' || pivot_headers_column || (CASE pivot_values_columnname=pivot_values WHEN true THEN ', ' || pivot_values ELSE '' END) || '
        ORDER BY ' || row_headers_simple || '''
    ,
        ''SELECT DISTINCT ' || pivot_headers_column || '
        FROM ' || tablename || '
        ORDER BY ' || pivot_headers_column || '''
    ) AS newtable (
        ' || arrayname || ' varchar[]' || ',
        ' || replace(pivot_headers_definition, ', ', ',
        ') || '
    );';

    RETURN sql_crosstab_result;
 END

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  LANGUAGE plpgsql STABLE
  COST 100;