PostgreSQL - making first row show as total of other rows

Question

Is there any way to make first row be different then the rest, so it would show total sum of the appropriate columns?

For example:

      fruits|a|b|c
            


        

Answer 1

You can avoid a second full scan of the table with a CTE:

PostgreSQL 9.2 Schema:

create table basket(fruits text, a integer, b integer, c integer);
insert into basket(fruits, a, b, c) values('apples', 1, 1, 1),
                                          ('apples', 0, 1, 2),
                                          ('bananas', 1, 1, 2),
                                          ('oranges', 1, 1, 1);

Query:

with w as ( select fruits, sum(a) a, sum(b) b, sum(c) c
            from basket
            group by fruits )
select * from w union all select 'total', sum(a), sum(b), sum(c) from w

Results:

|  FRUITS | A | B | C |
-----------------------
| bananas | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| oranges | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|  apples | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|   total | 3 | 4 | 6 |

SQL Fiddle here