Postgres Snippets

Get size of a table SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size('schemaname.tablename')); Select unique combination of fields / tuples SELECT DISTINCT ON(field1, field2) field1, field2 FROM thetable Select rows where a combination of fields is not unique SELECT columnA, columnB, count(*) AS count FROM thetable GROUP BY columnA, columnB HAVING count(*) > 1 Search for rows with array containing value Assuming, the field appointments has the type date[] SELECT * FROM mtable WHERE appointments @> ARRAY['2023-09-19'::date] ...

March 1, 2010 · 8 min · 1655 words · Micha Kops