From: | iihero <iihero(at)qq(dot)com> |
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To: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | About the behavior of array_length() for empty array |
Date: | 2012-04-06 00:35:40 |
Message-ID: | tencent_5D502954744B7F744ED6F34E@qq.com |
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postgres=# select '{}'::integer[] = array[[]]::integer[][];
?column?
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t
postgres=# select '{}'::integer[] = array[[[]]]::integer[][][];
?column?
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t
From this point of view, seems N dimensions of empty array all are equivalent.
But the result of array_length of them always are null.
postgres=# select array_length('{}'::integer[],0);
array_length
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postgres=# select array_length(array[[[]]]::integer[][][],0);
array_length
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postgres=# select array_length(array[[[]]]::integer[][][],3) is null;
?column?
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t
I just think any "empty" array length should return 0, but not null. It's not a NULL array.
Is there standard definition of this behavior?
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