Re: row->ARRAY or row->table casting? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Gregory Stark
Subject Re: row->ARRAY or row->table casting?
Date
Msg-id 87wsuavf86.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com
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In response to Re: row->ARRAY or row->table casting?  (Nico Sabbi <nsabbi@officinedigitali.it>)
Responses Re: row->ARRAY or row->table casting?  (Nico Sabbi <nsabbi@officinedigitali.it>)
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"Nico Sabbi" <nsabbi@officinedigitali.it> writes:

> nb1=# select r.a from (select row(tab1.*)::tab1 as r from tab1)x;
> ERROR:  missing FROM-clause entry for table "r"
> LINE 1: select r.a from (select row(tab1.*)::tab1 as r from tab1)x;
>               ^
> I tried many variations (including casting x as tab1) obtaining only syntax
> errors.

r.a would be the column "a" in the table named "r", but the only table in the
FROM list is "x". So you have to use a workaround to make it clear to the
parser that you're referring to the column "r", it would look like

SELECT (r).a from (select row(tab1.*)::tab1 as r from tab1)x;

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  Gregory Stark
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