Re: searching array - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Matthew Peter
Subject Re: searching array
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Msg-id 20051017190240.56838.qmail@web35211.mail.mud.yahoo.com
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In response to Re: searching array  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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I have it backwards huh? Since the variables are
switched around in a ANY search

I want a SELECT * FROM table WHERE arrcol >= 10000

How do I write it to get those results?



--- Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Matthew Peter <survivedsushi@yahoo.com> writes:
> > Shouldn't >= also return Carols records since she
> > contains records GREATER THAN 10000?
>
> You seem to be reading the construct backwards.
>
>     x >= ALL (array)
>
> is true if x >= every member of the array.  This is
> clearly false
> for x = 10000 and array = {20000, 25000, 25000,
> 25000} ... in fact,
> x isn't >= any of those members.
>
>             regards, tom lane
>




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