Re: each (hstore)

From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)depesz(dot)com>
To: Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz <postgresql3(at)numerixtechnology(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: each (hstore)
Date: 2011-05-17 11:41:49
Message-ID: 20110517114149.GB549@depesz.com
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On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:27:08PM +0100, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote:
> On Pavel's blog, I found this statement, which does just what I need:
>
> select (each(hstore(foo))).* from foo;
>
>
> Excuse the daft question, but could, please, you explain what ".*" does?

each(hstore) is a function that returns set of records. each record can
have many fields.
when you have value which is record, you can add .* to get all columns
from it, separately. since each(hstore) is expression, and not column
name/alias - you need to wrap is in () before adding .*

Best regards,

depesz

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