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From Splitting string into char array with string_to_array
Subject BUG #5831: Splitting string into char array with string_to_array does not work
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Msg-id 201101111544.p0BFimF1087272@wwwmaster.postgresql.org
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Responses Re: BUG #5831: Splitting string into char array with string_to_array does not work  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: BUG #5831: Splitting string into char array with string_to_array does not work  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
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The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      5831
Logged by:          Splitting string into char array with string_to_array
Email address:      valgog@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 9.0.1
Operating system:   Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu5
Description:        Splitting string into char array with string_to_array
does not work
Details:

Hi,

I cannot really remember now for sure, but the splitting string into array
using an empty string ('') worked for me on pre-9.0 versions to get array of
string chars. Now I have the following behavior:

    postgres=# select string_to_array('ab', '' ),
regexp_split_to_array('ab', '' );
     string_to_array │ regexp_split_to_array

─────────────────┼───────â
”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€
     {ab}            │ {a,b}
    (1 row)

Why an empty string given as a separator to string_to_array is not splitting
the string at all?

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