BOOL_OR()

Overview

The BOOL_OR() window function evaluates whether at least one value within a specified window of rows is TRUE.

Syntax

The syntax for this function is as follows:

BOOL_OR (expression) OVER (
    [PARTITION BY partition_expression]
    ORDER BY sort_expression
)

Parameters

• expression: column or expression that the function operates on. It should evaluate to a boolean value (TRUE or FALSE)

Example

For the needs of this section, we will use a simplified version of the film table from the Pagila database, containing only the title, length and rating columns. The complete schema for the film table can be found on the Pagila database website.

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS film;
CREATE TABLE film (
  title text NOT NULL,
  rating text,
  length int
);
INSERT INTO film(title, length, rating) VALUES
  ('ATTRACTION NEWTON', 83, 'PG-13'),
  ('CHRISTMAS MOONSHINE', 150, 'NC-17'),
  ('DANGEROUS UPTOWN', 121, 'PG'),
  ('KILL BROTHERHOOD', 54, 'G'),
  ('HALLOWEEN NUTS', 47, 'PG-13'),
  ('HOURS RAGE', 122, 'NC-17'),
  ('PIANIST OUTFIELD', 136, 'NC-17'),
  ('PICKUP DRIVING', 77, 'G'),
  ('INDEPENDENCE HOTEL', 157, 'NC-17'),
  ('PRIVATE DROP', 106, 'PG'),
  ('SAINTS BRIDE', 125, 'G'),
  ('FOREVER CANDIDATE', 131, 'NC-17'),
  ('MILLION ACE', 142, 'PG-13'),
  ('SLEEPY JAPANESE', 137, 'PG'),
  ('WRATH MILE', 176, 'NC-17'),
  ('YOUTH KICK', 179, 'NC-17'),
  ('CLOCKWORK PARADISE', 143, 'PG-13');

The query below uses the BOOL_OR() function to evaluate whether at least one film in each rating category have a length greater than 150:

SELECT
   title,
   length,
   rating,
   BOOL_OR(length > 150) OVER (PARTITION BY rating) as ALLleastOneLongFilmsByRating
FROM film 
ORDER BY rating;

By executing the above query, we will get the following output:

        title        | length | rating | allleastonelongfilmsbyrating 
---------------------+--------+--------+------------------------------
 KILL BROTHERHOOD    |     54 | G      | f
 PICKUP DRIVING      |     77 | G      | f
 SAINTS BRIDE        |    125 | G      | f
 CHRISTMAS MOONSHINE |    150 | NC-17  | t
 HOURS RAGE          |    122 | NC-17  | t
 PIANIST OUTFIELD    |    136 | NC-17  | t
 INDEPENDENCE HOTEL  |    157 | NC-17  | t
 FOREVER CANDIDATE   |    131 | NC-17  | t
 WRATH MILE          |    176 | NC-17  | t
 YOUTH KICK          |    179 | NC-17  | t
 DANGEROUS UPTOWN    |    121 | PG     | f
 PRIVATE DROP        |    106 | PG     | f
 SLEEPY JAPANESE     |    137 | PG     | f
 ATTRACTION NEWTON   |     83 | PG-13  | f
 HALLOWEEN NUTS      |     47 | PG-13  | f
 MILLION ACE         |    142 | PG-13  | f
 CLOCKWORK PARADISE  |    143 | PG-13  | f
(17 rows)