'stuff' and 'for xml path('')' from SQL Server in Postgresql

Question

I\'m migrating some SQL Server 2008R2 queries to Postgresql 9.0 and I have some trouble with it. Here\'s the SQL Server query:

stuff((select \', \'+p.[NAME]          


        

Answer 1

You can replace it by String_agg for example SQL Server stored procedure:

STUFF((SELECT DISTINCT ', ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR,L.ROLE_SUB_CAT_ID) 
       FROM [PHS].[dbo].PHS_ADMIN_USER_ACCESS_DTL K,
            [PHS].[dbo].[PHS_ADMIN_USER_ROLE_SUB_CAT_MST] L
       WHERE L.ROLE_SUB_CAT_ID = K.ROLE_SUB_CAT_ID 
         AND K.UMC_ID = A.UMC_ID 
         AND K.CCR_ID = A.CCR_ID
       FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 1, '') AS ROLE_SUB_CAT_ID

Convert it to postgresql like this:

string_agg((SELECT distinct ', ' ||  cast(L.ROLE_SUB_CAT_ID as VARCHAR) FROM PHS.dbo.PHS_ADMIN_USER_ACCESS_DTL K,
          PHS.dbo.PHS_ADMIN_USER_ROLE_SUB_CAT_MST L
          WHERE L.ROLE_SUB_CAT_ID = K.ROLE_SUB_CAT_ID AND K.UMC_ID = A.UMC_ID AND K.CCR_ID=A.CCR_ID
          ), 1, 1, '') AS ROLE_SUB_CAT_ID

Answer 2

You can use string_agg instead.

SQL Fiddle

PostgreSQL 9.1.6 Schema Setup:

create table T
(
  Name varchar(10)
);

insert into T values('Kalle');
insert into T values('Pelle');
insert into T values('Urban');

Query 1:

select string_agg(Name, ',') as Names
from T

Results:

|             NAMES |
---------------------
| Kalle,Pelle,Urban |