Ok, initially this was just a joke we had with a friend of mine, but it turned into interesting technical question :)
I have the following stuff
table:
I don't know if this qualifies as "more elegant" but it is written in a different manner than Cybernate's solution (although it is essentially the same)
WITH window_table AS ( SELECT s.*, sum(volume) OVER previous_rows as total FROM stuff s WINDOW previous_rows as (ORDER BY priority desc ROWS between UNBOUNDED PRECEDING and CURRENT ROW) ) SELECT * FROM window_table WHERE total < 1000 ORDER BY priority DESC
If by "more elegant" you mean something that avoids the sub-select, then the answer is "no"
I haven't worked with PostgreSQL. However, my best guess would be using an inline view.
SELECT a.*
FROM (
SELECT s.*, sum(volume) OVER previous_rows AS total
FROM stuff AS s
WINDOW previous_rows AS (
ORDER BY priority desc
ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW
)
ORDER BY priority DESC
) AS a
WHERE a.total < 1000;