Re: Passing tabular data around using python functions

On 30/07/12 14:33, Achim Domma wrote:
> Hi,

Hi Achim,

this list is meant for discussing the development of PostgreSQL, in the
future you might want to ask your question on pgsql-general.

However, to answer your question:

> I call the function like this:
>
> select * from vectormatch(array(select (docid,conceptid,rank)::fps from fps where docid = 4205591))
>
> and get the following output:
>
> NOTICE:<type 'list'>
> CONTEXT: PL/Python function "vectormatch"
> NOTICE: ['(4205591,1,1)', '(4205591,1219,1)', ...]
> CONTEXT: PL/Python function "vectormatch"
>
> I'm quite surprised that there are strings in the list and not tuples!? I tried my best, but I have no idea what I might be doing wrong. The main purpose of my sample/experiment is, to pass the results of a query to a function and to process it there. Any hint would be very appreciated.

Yes, it's a missing feature of PL/Python, but in your case you could
work around it by writing your function like this:

create or replace function vectormatch(docid integer[], conceptid
integer[], rank float4[])
returns table(docid integer, weigth float4)
as $$
data = zip(docid, conceptid, rank)
plpy.notice(data)
...
$$ language plpythonu;

and then calling it like this:

select vectormatch(array_agg(docid), array_agg(conceptid),
array_agg(rank)) from fps where docid = 4205591;

Cheers,
Jan