WITH ----------raw message content--------------- ext AS ( SELECT -- t.filename (t.mdate - ((EXTRACT(DOW FROM t.mdate) - 5 + 7) % 7) * INTERVAL '1 day')::date AS week_ending ,t.mdate ,message->>'rep' rep ,message->>'text' markdown ,to_char(row_number() OVER (partition by (t.mdate - ((EXTRACT(DOW FROM t.mdate) - 5 + 7) % 7) * INTERVAL '1 day')::date),'FM000') seq FROM rlarp.thirtysec t ORDER BY t.mdate DESC ) ----------create unqiue list of weeks------- ,wk AS ( SELECT week_ending ,'# '||week_ending markdown ,to_char(row_number() OVER (ORDER BY week_ending DESC),'FM000') seq FROM ext CROSS JOIN (VALUES ('A'),('B')) r (flag) GROUP BY week_ending ORDER BY week_ending ASC ) ,wkh AS ( SELECT w.week_ending ,w.seq||'.'||'000' || '.' || r.flag seq ,CASE r.flag WHEN 'A' THEN w.markdown WHEN 'B' THEN '' END markdown FROM wk w CROSS JOIN (VALUES ('A'),('B')) r (flag) ) --------level 2 message header---------- ,msg AS ( SELECT e.week_ending ,w.seq || '.' || e.seq || '.' || r.flag seq ,CASE r.flag WHEN 'A' THEN '## [['|| e.rep ||']] ' || e.week_ending WHEN 'B' THEN '' WHEN 'C' THEN e.markdown WHEN 'D' THEN '' END markdown -- ,r.flag FROM ext e CROSS JOIN (VALUES ('A'),('B'),('C'),('D')) r (flag) INNER JOIN wk w ON w.week_ending = e.week_ending ) ,stack AS ( SELECT week_ending ,seq ,markdown FROM msg UNION ALL SELECT week_ending ,seq ,markdown FROM wkh ) SELECT markdown FROM stack order by seq