From: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: returning an array as a list fo single-column rows?
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:19:26 +0100
Message-ID: <162867790712231319i35fb31el8d4c367bc313979b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071223205557.GA14403@apartia.fr>
References: <20071223205557.GA14403@apartia.fr>
Hello
try
create or replace function unpack(anyarray)
returns setof anyelement as $$
select $1[i]
from generate_series(array_lower($1,1), array_upper($1,1)) g(i);
$$ language sql;
postgres=# select * from unpack(array[1,2,3,4]);
unpack
--------
1
2
3
4
(4 rows)
Regards
Pavel Stehule
On 23/12/2007, Louis-David Mitterrand
<vindex+lists-pgsql-sql@apartia.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there a way to return a Pg array as a list of single-column row
> values?
>
> I am trying to circumvent DBI's lack of support for native database
> arrays and return the list of values from an ENUM as a perl array.
>
> Thanks,
>
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