Re: CSV hack

In article <3FD7EC2A(dot)6020903(at)dunslane(dot)net> you wrote:
>
> You also need to quote values containing the separator.

Roight! Thanks for the heads-up :) And now, version 2.

Cheers,
D

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION csv(anyarray) RETURNS TEXT AS
'DECLARE
in_array ALIAS FOR $1;
temp_string TEXT;
quoted_string TEXT;
i INTEGER;
BEGIN
FOR i IN array_lower(in_array, 1)..array_upper(in_array, 1)
LOOP
IF in_array[i]::TEXT ~ ''[,"]''
THEN
temp_string := ''"'' || replace(in_array[i]::TEXT, ''"'', ''""'') || ''"'';
ELSE
temp_string := in_array[i]::TEXT;
END IF;
IF i = array_lower(in_array, 1)
THEN
quoted_string := temp_string;
ELSE
quoted_string := quoted_string || '','' || temp_string;
END IF;
END LOOP;
RETURN quoted_string;
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
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