Re: Subselects returning array and ANY...

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
> Dawid,
> > SELECT * FROM foo WHERE t = ANY (SELECT '{x4,5,zzz}'::text[]);
> > ERROR: operator does not exist: text = text[]
> > HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You
> > might need to add explicit type casts.
>
> Drop the second SELECT, I think.
>
> postgres=# select 'x' = ANY ( '{x,y,z}'::TEXT[] );
> ?column?
> ----------
> t

Probably I didn't make myself clear enough. :) I know this works (see
above two examples).
I need to connect two tables, one is:

CREATE TEMP TABLE haystack (straw text);
INSERT INTO haystack SELECT n FROM generate_series(1,100) AS x(n);

CREATE TEMP TABLE needles (id int, straws text[]);
INSERT INTO needles VALUES (1, '{10,15,aaa}');

SELECT * FROM haystack WHERE straw = ANY (SELECT straws FROM needles
WHERE id=1);
ERROR: operator does not exist: text = text[]
HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You
might need to add explicit type casts.

But you are right, though! I just need to leave off the subselect! Thanks!
SELECT h.* FROM haystack h JOIN needles ON straw = ANY (straws);

(not exactly what I was looking for, but it works ;))