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From: PFC <lists@boutiquenumerique.com>
To: Felix E. Klee <felix.klee@inka.de>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Turning column into *sorted* array?
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 19:54:08 +0200
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In-Reply-To: <87zmus8qdm.wl%felix.klee@inka.de>
References: <87zmus8qdm.wl%felix.klee@inka.de>



> 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...

>
> BTW, the best alternative (in terms of execution performance) that comes
> into my mind is to create an aggregate that does the sorting right away
> while the values "come in" from the rows.  But that'd probably take me
> some time to get right.
>





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