Re: unnesting multirange data types - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: unnesting multirange data types
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Msg-id 202106092056.qitkvnvmpadu@alvherre.pgsql
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In response to Re: unnesting multirange data types  ("Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>)
Responses Re: unnesting multirange data types  ("Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>)
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On 2021-Jun-09, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:

> I did a couple more tests around this.
> 
> As suspected, in PL/pgSQL, there is no way to unpack or iterate over a
> multirange type.

Uh.  This is disappointing; the need for some way to unnest or unpack a
multirange was mentioned multiple times in the range_agg thread.  I had
assumed that there was some way to cast the multirange to a range array,
or somehow convert it, but apparently that doesn't work.

If the supporting pieces are mostly there, then I opine we should add
something.

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