Re: array_agg and array_accum (patch) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Sam Mason
Subject Re: array_agg and array_accum (patch)
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Msg-id 20081031121954.GG2459@frubble.xen.chris-lamb.co.uk
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In response to Re: array_agg and array_accum (patch)  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
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On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:19:15PM -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
> If there are potential problems with the standard
> (where we don't want to implement a violation), we should just do
> array_accum(). If not, we might as well do the standard array_agg(),
> perhaps without the ORDER BY clause.

I've wanted an array_sort() function before; having this functionality
as a separate function also seems considerably prettier than some ad
hoc grammar, it also generalizes nicely to cases where the array isn't
coming from an aggregate.

 Sam


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