Re: proposal: row_to_array function - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: proposal: row_to_array function
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Msg-id 54B98431.7000806@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: proposal: row_to_array function  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: proposal: row_to_array function
Re: proposal: row_to_array function
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On 01/16/2015 12:22 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
>
>
>         There two possible transformations:
>
>         row_to_array --> [[key1, value1],[key2, value2], ...]
>         row_to_row_array --> [(key1, value1), (key2, value2), ... ]
>
>
>     If we're going to go that route, I think it makes more sense to
>     create an actual key/value type (ie:
>     http://pgxn.org/dist/pair/doc/pair.html) and return an array of that.
>
>
> ok
>
>     <http://BlueTreble.com>
>


I think we'd possibly be better off with simply returning a flat array, 
[key1, value1, ...]

Thats's what the hstore(text[]) and json_object(text[]) functions 
accept, along with the 2D variant, if we want a precedent.

cheers

andrew




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