Encabezados de columna dinámicos de Postgres (de otra tabla)

basado en la respuesta (de otra mesa) (el trabajo de Eric Vallabh Minikel) Mejoré la función para que sea más flexible y conveniente. Creo que también podría ser útil para otros, especialmente porque solo se basa en pg/plsql y no necesita la instalación de extensiones como lo hacen otras derivaciones del trabajo de erics (es decir, plpython). Testet con 9.3.5 pero también debería funcionar al menos hasta 9.2.

Mejoras:

• lidiar con nombres de columnas pivoteadas que contienen espacios
• tratar con columnas de encabezado de varias filas
• tratar con la función agregada en la celda pivote, así como en la celda pivote no agregada (el último parámetro puede ser 'sum(cellval)' y 'cellval' en caso de que la tabla/vista subyacente ya realice la agregación)
• detectar automáticamente el tipo de datos de la celda pivote (ya no es necesario pasarlo a la función)

Uso:

SELECT get_crosstab_statement('table_to_pivot', ARRAY['rowname' [, <other_row_header_columns_as_well>], 'colname', 'max(cellval)');

Código:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_crosstab_statement(tablename character varying, row_header_columns character varying[], pivot_headers_column character varying, pivot_values character varying)
  RETURNS character varying AS
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--returns the sql statement to use for pivoting the table
--based on: http://www.cureffi.org/2013/03/19/automatically-creating-pivot-table-column-names-in-postgresql/
--based on: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4104508/postgres-dynamic-column-headers-from-another-table
--based on: http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/categories/24-tablefunc

DECLARE
    arrayname CONSTANT character varying := 'r';

    row_headers_simple character varying;
    row_headers_quoted character varying;
    row_headers_castdown character varying;
    row_headers_castup character varying;
    row_header_count smallint;
    row_header record;

    pivot_values_columnname character varying;
    pivot_values_datatype character varying;
    pivot_headers_definition character varying;
    pivot_headers_simple character varying;

    sql_row_headers character varying;
    sql_pivot_headers character varying;
    sql_crosstab_result character varying;

BEGIN
    -- 1. create row header definitions
    row_headers_simple   :=         array_to_string(row_header_columns, ', ');
    row_headers_quoted   := '''' || array_to_string(row_header_columns, ''', ''') || '''';
    row_headers_castdown :=         array_to_string(row_header_columns, '::text, ') || '::text';

    row_header_count     := 0;
    sql_row_headers      := 'SELECT column_name, data_type
                            FROM information_schema.columns
                            WHERE table_name = ''' || tablename || ''' AND column_name IN (' || row_headers_quoted || ')';
    FOR row_header IN EXECUTE sql_row_headers LOOP
        row_header_count := row_header_count + 1;
        row_headers_castup := COALESCE(row_headers_castup || ', ', '') || arrayname || '[' || row_header_count || ']::' || row_header.data_type || ' AS ' || row_header.column_name;
    END LOOP;

    -- 2. retrieve basic column name in case an aggregate function is used
    SELECT coalesce(substring(pivot_values FROM '.*\((.*)\)'), pivot_values)
    INTO pivot_values_columnname;

    -- 3. retrieve pivot values datatype
    SELECT data_type
    FROM information_schema.columns
    WHERE table_name = tablename AND column_name = pivot_values_columnname
    INTO pivot_values_datatype;

    -- 4. retrieve list of pivot column names.
    sql_pivot_headers := 'SELECT string_agg(DISTINCT quote_ident(' || pivot_headers_column || '), '', '' ORDER BY quote_ident(' || pivot_headers_column || ')) as names, string_agg(DISTINCT quote_ident(' || pivot_headers_column || ') || '' ' || pivot_values_datatype || ''', '', '' ORDER BY quote_ident(' || pivot_headers_column || ') || '' ' || pivot_values_datatype || ''') as definitions FROM ' || tablename || ';';
    EXECUTE sql_pivot_headers INTO pivot_headers_simple, pivot_headers_definition;

    -- 5. set up the crosstab query
    sql_crosstab_result := 'SELECT  ' || replace (row_headers_castup || ', ' || pivot_headers_simple, ', ', ',
        ') || '
FROM    crosstab (
        ''SELECT ARRAY[' || row_headers_castdown || '] AS ' || arrayname || ', ' || pivot_headers_column || ', ' || pivot_values || '
        FROM ' || tablename || '
        GROUP BY ' || row_headers_simple || ', ' || pivot_headers_column || (CASE pivot_values_columnname=pivot_values WHEN true THEN ', ' || pivot_values ELSE '' END) || '
        ORDER BY ' || row_headers_simple || '''
    ,
        ''SELECT DISTINCT ' || pivot_headers_column || '
        FROM ' || tablename || '
        ORDER BY ' || pivot_headers_column || '''
    ) AS newtable (
        ' || arrayname || ' varchar[]' || ',
        ' || replace(pivot_headers_definition, ', ', ',
        ') || '
    );';

    RETURN sql_crosstab_result;
 END

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  LANGUAGE plpgsql STABLE
  COST 100;