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Aggregate Expressions with FILTER in Postgresql

Today I learned to use FILTER on aggregate expressions such as COUNT in postgresql.

See this example:

SELECT u.login,
       COUNT(1) FILTER (WHERE r.language ilike 'ruby') as ruby,
       COUNT(1) FILTER (WHERE r.language ilike 'javascript') as js,
       COUNT(1) FILTER (WHERE r.language ilike 'elixir') as elixir,
       COUNT(1) as all_langs
FROM users u
LEFT JOIN repositories r ON (u.id = r.user_id)
GROUP BY u.id;

-- login | ruby | js | elixir | all_langs
---------+------+----+--------+------------
-- bill  |    5 |  2 |      3 |         15
-- karen |    2 |  7 |      4 |         19
-- bob   |    9 |  1 |      2 |         23

h/t @joshuadavey

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