Hello
Thanks for that solution, Joe - nice use of nested functions !
Related to this problem, I want to constrain a selection using elements of
this variable length array. I want to constrain where all elements of the
array are 0.
I would like to do it like this in Oracle
select field from table N where [conditions]
and NVL(N.level[1],0) = 0
and NVL(N.level[2],0) = 0
and NVL(N.level[3],0) = 0
and NVL(N.level[4],0) = 0
So if a row only has two elements in the array, but the first two both had
values "0", then the row would return. At the moment, I have this :
and N.level[1] = 0
and N.level[2] = 0
and N.level[3] = 0
and N.level[4] = 0
but my row with 2 elements in the array won't be returned with this
condition.
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Conway [mailto:mail@joeconway.com]
Sent: 28 August 2003 01:40
To: Chris Faulkner
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] length of array
Chris Faulkner wrote:
> Is there a function in postgres to return the length of an array field ? I
> have seen array_dims(array) but this returns a character value. Ideally,
I'd
> like something numeric returned.
>
Afraid not in 7.3.x or earlier. In 7.3.x (but not earlier) you *can* do
this (for a one-dimensional array at least):
SELECT replace(split_part(array_dims(array_fld),':',1),'[','')::int as low
FROM tbl;
SELECT replace(split_part(array_dims(array_fld),':',2),']','')::int as high
FROM tbl;
In 7.4 (now in beta) there are two new functions, array_lower() and
array_upper() that do what you're looking for:
regression=# select array_lower(array_fld, 1) from tbl; array_lower
------------- 1
(1 row)
regression=# select array_upper(array_fld, 1) from tbl; array_upper
------------- 2
(1 row)
See the following links for more on 7.4's array support:
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/arrays.html
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/functions-array.html
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/sql-expressions.html#SQL-SYNTA
X-ARRAY-CONSTRUCTORS
HTH,
Joe
