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From: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
To: Marcin Krawczyk <jankes.mk@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: aggregate reverse
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 18:33:54 +0100
Message-ID: <162867790802010933m4f3e2808w405590b26d31d402@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Hello

I am not sure if I understand well.

On 01/02/2008, Marcin Krawczyk <jankes.mk@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all. I wolud like to know whether it is possible to reverse the behaviour
> of an aggregate? Say I have a string '1,2,3,4'. Is there a way to split
> those values to records?

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 immutable;

select * from unpack(string_to_array('1,2,3,4',','));
 unpack
--------
 1
 2
 3
 4
(4 rows)

Regards
Pavel


>
> Regards and thanks in advance.
>  mk
>



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