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From: Rob Sargent <[email protected]>
To: Torsten Grust <[email protected]>
To: pgsql-sql <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: access sub elements using any()
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:40:20 -0600
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On 10/31/22 16:36, Torsten Grust wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022, at 18:04, Rob Sargent wrote:
>> Given an array of arrays ( e.g. v = {{1,'a'},{2,'b'},{3,'c'},{2,'d'}} 
>> ) is it possible, in plain sql, to access the first element of the 
>> listed arrays using the IN function?  Say I wanted just those with 2 
>> as first element.  "where 2 = any(v[1])" does not work and not sure 
>> it's supported.   And I cannot craft a lhs to fussy-match each of the 
>> elements in v.  Can this be done?
>
> if your inner arrays would be row values instead, i.e. if v would read
>
>   v = array[(1,'a'),(2,'b'),(3,'c'),(2,'d')] :: t[]
>   assuming CREATE TYPE t AS (x int, y text);
>
> then your query could simply be
>
>   SELECT r.*
>   FROM   unnest(v) AS r
>   WHERE  r.x = 2;
>
> Cheers,
>   —Torsten
>
> --
> | Torsten Grust
> | [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>
>
Thank you!


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