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diff --git a/includes/database.pgsql.inc b/includes/database.pgsql.inc
index b5b53b955..14a9a5025 100644
--- a/includes/database.pgsql.inc
+++ b/includes/database.pgsql.inc
@@ -401,6 +401,25 @@ function db_check_setup() {
}
/**
+ * Wraps the given table.field entry with a DISTINCT(). The wrapper is added to
+ * the SELECT list entry of the given query and the resulting query is returned.
+ * This function only applies the wrapper if a DISTINCT doesn't already exist in
+ * the query.
+ *
+ * @param $table Table containing the field to set as DISTINCT
+ * @param $field Field to set as DISTINCT
+ * @param $query Query to apply the wrapper to
+ * @return SQL query with the DISTINCT wrapper surrounding the given table.field.
+ */
+function db_distinct_field($table, $field, $query) {
+ $field_to_select = 'DISTINCT ON ('. $table .'.'. $field .") $table.$field";
+ // (?<!text) is a negative look-behind (no need to rewrite queries that already use DISTINCT).
+ $query = preg_replace('/(SELECT.*)('. $table .'\.)?(?<!DISTINCT\()(?<!DISTINCT\('. $table .'\.)'. $field .'(.*FROM )/AUsi', '\1'. $field_to_select .'\3', $query);
+ $query = preg_replace('/(ORDER BY )(?!'.$table.'\.'.$field.')/', '\1'."$table.$field, ", $query);
+ return $query;
+}
+
+/**
* @} End of "ingroup database".
*/