Thread: Is there a type like a growable array, similar Vector at Java language in postgreSQL?


In Oracle, there is a type like a growable array, similar Vector at Java language.
 
In postgreSQL, is there any type like bellow type?
 

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CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE test(
   p_size       in  number
  ,p_proccode  out varchar2
  ,p_procmesg  out varchar2
)
IS
 
  v_count                 number default 0;
  v_dayIndex              number default 0;
  v_size                  number default 0;
 
  type tb_NumTable is table of number(2) index by binary_integer;------------>like a growable array
  t_modifiedTimes tb_NumTable;----------------------------------------------->declare a variable using above defined type.
 
  ....
 
BEGIN
 
....
 
  v_size := nvl(p_size, 0);
 
  for v_count in 1..v_size loop
 
     v_dayIndex := v_dayIndex + 1;
 
     t_modifiedTimes[v_dayIndex ] := v_count;
 

   end loop;
 
  ....
 
  p_proccode := 0;
  p_procmesg := 'OK';
     
EXCEPTION
 
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
    p_proccode := SQLCODE;
    p_procmesg := SUBSTR(SQLERRM, 1, 255);
 
end test;

Re: Is there a type like a growable array, similar Vector at

From
Richard Huxton
Date:
Dongsoo Yoon wrote:
> In Oracle, there is a type like a growable array, similar Vector at
> Java language.


I always find the manuals good for this information. Looking in the
section on "Arrays", in "Data Types"

BEGIN QUOTE
A stored array value can be enlarged by assigning to an element adjacent
to those already present, or by assigning to a slice that is adjacent to
or overlaps the data already present. For example, if array myarray
currently has 4 elements, it will have five elements after an update
that assigns to myarray[5]. Currently, enlargement in this fashion is
only allowed for one-dimensional arrays, not multidimensional arrays.
END QUOTE

Is that helpful?
--  Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd