From: Felix E. Klee <felix.klee@inka.de>
To: PFC <lists@boutiquenumerique.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Turning column into *sorted* array?
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 20:17:49 +0200
Message-ID: <87y8ac8kky.wl%felix.klee@inka.de> (raw)
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At Wed, 18 May 2005 19:54:08 +0200,
PFC wrote:
> > SELECT array_accum(x) FROM (SELECT * FROM some_view ORDER BY x) AS tmp;
>
> If you're using integers, you could use the int_array_accum or
> something from the intarray module which is a lot faster. I believe
> intarray also has a function for sorting integer arrays...
No, unfortunately I'm using strings in "real-life" (my example is
perhaps a bit over-simplified).
Let me make my original question a bit more precise: How do I best
transform a column of varchars into a *sorted* array?
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Felix E. Klee
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