From: Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Plpgsql: Iterating through a string of parameters
Date: 26 Mar 2010 08:49:02 GMT
Message-ID: <hohsdu$52m$2@reversiblemaps.ath.cx> (raw)
References: <201003251616.53097.leif@solumslekt.org>
On 2010-03-25, Leif Biberg Kristensen <leif@solumslekt.org> wrote:
> I'm struggling with how to make plpgsql iterate through a list of numbers
> input as a text string, eg. "1438 2656 973 4208". I figure that I can use the
> regexp_split_to_array() function to make an array of the string, but can I
> iterate through an array with eg. a FOR loop?
using regex_split_to_table with for is easier
for x in regex_split_to_table(....) do
But if you must you can use split to array and then use the array measuring
functions to determine the limit for a counted for loop.
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