如何在字符串AGG添加顺序，当两列串接

Question

SELECT string_agg(distinct a || '-' || b , ',' ORDER BY a,b) 
FROM table; 

上面的SQL给错误

ERROR: in an aggregate with DISTINCT, ORDER BY expressions must appear in argument list

Answer 1

对于the documentation：

If DISTINCT is specified in addition to an order_by_clause, then all the ORDER BY expressions must match regular arguments of the aggregate; that is, you cannot sort on an expression that is not included in the DISTINCT list.

所以尽量

select string_agg(distinct a || '-' || b, ',' order by a || '-' || b) 
from a_table; 

或在导出的t中使用distinct能够：

select string_agg(a || '-' || b , ',' order by a, b) 
from (
    select distinct a, b 
    from a_table 
    ) s;