Re: LISTAGG à la Oracle in PostgreSQL
pierre.forstmann@gmail.com
From: Pierre Forstmann <pierre.forstmann@gmail.com>
To: Paul A Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>
Cc: "pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-03-10T18:53:30Z
Lists: pgsql-general
I agree but I just would like to know if there is way to be compatible with Oracle syntax using aggregate features in PostgreSQL Thanks. Le 09/03/2026 à 23:05, Paul A Jungwirth a écrit : > On Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM Pierre Forstmann > <pierre.forstmann@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I can write a LISTAGG aggregate for: >> >> create table emp(deptno numeric, ename text); >> >> SELECT deptno, LISTAGG(ename, ','::text ORDER BY ename) AS employees >> FROM emp GROUP BY deptno ORDER BY deptno; >> >> I would like to know if is possible to create an aggregate LISTAGG that >> would work like in Oracle: >> >> SELECT deptno, >> listagg(ename, ',') WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY ename) AS employees >> FROM emp >> GROUP BY deptno >> ORDER BY deptno; > I don't think you need a custom aggregate here. In Postgres you can say: > > select deptno, > string_agg(ename, ',' ORDER BY ename) AS employees > FROM emp > GROUP BY deptno > ORDER BY deptno; >