2014-05-27 14:39 GMT+02:00 Dariyoosh Dariyoosh <d.sunforums@gmail.com>:
> Are arrays in PostgreSQL like associative arrays in Oracle PL/SQL hash
> tables?, that is an
> association between key & values? where the integer indexes stand in reality
> for keys?
No, arrays in PostgreSQL are just arrays.
You can consider the position like a special case of key.. but it is
not, because it is just a position and cannot be set.
For key value you can consider hstore:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/hstore.html
Or build your own multi dimension array.
> Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Lucazeo.