Re: Plpgsql: Iterating through a string of parameters

On 2010-03-25, Leif Biberg Kristensen <leif(at)solumslekt(dot)org> wrote:
> I'm struggling with how to make plpgsql iterate through a list of numbers
> input as a text string, eg. "1438 2656 973 4208". I figure that I can use the
> regexp_split_to_array() function to make an array of the string, but can I
> iterate through an array with eg. a FOR loop?

using regex_split_to_table with for is easier

for x in regex_split_to_table(....) do

But if you must you can use split to array and then use the array measuring
functions to determine the limit for a counted for loop.