Re: unnest with generate_subscripts and same array

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Carlos Fuentes <caf(at)rentrakmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: unnest with generate_subscripts and same array
Date: 2011-05-27 05:09:59
Message-ID: 20110527050959.GB22166@fetter.org
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On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 05:17:06PM -0700, Carlos Fuentes wrote:
> Hello,
> Given that these are the only one array_col in play, is
> select unnest(array_col), generate_subscripts(array_col) from
> table_with_array_col ;
> guaranteed to gave the subscripts match the array element? In all the
> testing I've done it's worked, but I don't know if I was just lucky :)

That would be more of the SQL standard UNNEST, with the WITH
ORDINALITY clause. We don't have it yet :/

Cheers,
David.
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