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SQL for Data Analytics

You're reading from  SQL for Data Analytics

Product type Book
Published in Aug 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789807356
Pages 386 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (3):
Upom Malik Upom Malik
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Matt Goldwasser Matt Goldwasser
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Benjamin Johnston Benjamin Johnston
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface 1. Understanding and Describing Data 2. The Basics of SQL for Analytics 3. SQL for Data Preparation 4. Aggregate Functions for Data Analysis 5. Window Functions for Data Analysis 6. Importing and Exporting Data 7. Analytics Using Complex Data Types 8. Performant SQL 9. Using SQL to Uncover the Truth – a Case Study Appendix

Using Array Data Types in Postgres

While the Postgres data types that we have explored so far allow us to store many different types of data, occasionally we will want to store a series of values in a table. For example, we might want to store a list of the products that a customer has purchased, or we might want to store a list of the employee ID numbers associated with a specific dealership. For this scenario, Postgres offers the ARRAY data type, which allows us to store just that – a list of values.

Starting with Arrays

Postgres arrays allow us to store multiple values in a field in a table. For example, consider the following first record in the customers table:

customer_id        | 1
title              | NULL
first_name          | Arlena
last_name          ...
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