Re: [SQL] arrays - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [SQL] arrays
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.20.9912021935560.384-100000@localhost.localdomain
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In response to arrays  (Marcin Mazurek - Multinet SA - Poznan <m.mazurek@multinet.pl>)
Responses Re: [SQL] arrays
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Don't use arrays. They look very promising but they aren't. Most of these
kind of questions can be resolved by designing a proper relational
database schema.

On 1999-12-01, Marcin Mazurek - Multinet SA - Poznan mentioned:

> Hi,
> I have a table: orders (id int, val INT4[][]);. The question is how to
> select in separate rows values from particular id?
> 
> example:
> insert into orders values(1,'{{1,1},{1,4},{2,3}}');
> select val from orders where id=1; gives me:
> val
> -------------------
> {{1,2},{1,4},{2,3}}
> 
> How can I make from it to columned table with first and second int
> separated?
> 
> mazek
> 
> 
> 
> ************
> 
> 

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