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From Mike Blackwell
Subject Re: Syntax problem with INDEX on expression
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In response to Re: Syntax problem with INDEX on expression  (Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@ymail.com>)
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So, one set to mark the parameter and one for the expression?  It's starting to look like Lisp. ^_^

Thanks!

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On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@ymail.com> wrote:
Mike Blackwell <mike.blackwell@rrd.com> wrote:

> sp_dev=# create index test_idx on test ((xpath('//rms:xsid/text()',udh,array[array['rms','http://www.example.com']]))[1]::text);
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "["
> LINE 1: ...udh,array[array['rms','http://www.example.com']]))[1]::text)...
>                                                              ^
> It looks like it doesn't like the array subscript.  What might I be missing?

You're missing a set of parentheses around the entire expression.

create index test_idx on test (((xpath('//rms:xsid/text()',udh,array[array['rms','http://www.example.com']]))[1]::text));

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