From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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To: | Sergio Andreozzi <sergio(dot)andreozzi(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: how to generate a list of distinct scalar values from a column which type is array |
Date: | 2007-02-22 16:56:48 |
Message-ID: | 20070222165648.GE10321@fetter.org |
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On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 12:38:50PM +0100, Sergio Andreozzi wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> given a column which type is for instance varchar(20)[],
This is almost never a good design. If you must have an interface
like that, make it VIEW over an aggregate, which you can make
writeable.
> is it possible via SQL to generate the list of distinct scalar
> values?
Yes, but you should fix your design :)
CREATE TABLE foo (ft TEXT[]);
COPY foo(ft) FROM stdin;
{aaa,bb,c}
{dddd,eeee}
{aaa,eeee}
\.
SELECT DISTINCT ft[i]
FROM (
SELECT ft,
generate_series(
array_lower(ft,1),
array_upper(ft,1)
) AS i
FROM foo
) AS bar;
So, yes, you can do it, and no, you shouldn't.
Cheers,
D
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