Re: Create index on array element?

Jeff Davis wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 14:39 -0600, Dave Bodenstab wrote:
>
>>I guess one cannot create an index on an element of an array?
>>
>>test=> create table test ( ordinal int[] );
>>CREATE TABLE
>>test=> create unique index x1 on test ( ordinal[1] );
>>ERROR: syntax error at or near ")" at character 45
>>LINE 1: create unique index x1 on test ( ordinal[1] );
>> ^
>
>
> You need more parenthesis.
>
> test=> create unique index x1 on test ( ( ordinal[1] ) );
>
> The reason is because "ordinal[1]" is an expression, similar to "ordinal
> [1] + 5" which would also need parenthesis.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jeff Davis

Excellent! I never considered that "ordinal[1]" was an expression.
Thanks.