Re: row->ARRAY or row->table casting?

From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: "Nico Sabbi" <nsabbi(at)officinedigitali(dot)it>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: row->ARRAY or row->table casting?
Date: 2007-09-28 18:04:25
Message-ID: 87wsuavf86.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com
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"Nico Sabbi" <nsabbi(at)officinedigitali(dot)it> writes:

> nb1=# select r.a from (select row(tab1.*)::tab1 as r from tab1)x;
> ERROR: missing FROM-clause entry for table "r"
> LINE 1: select r.a from (select row(tab1.*)::tab1 as r from tab1)x;
> ^
> I tried many variations (including casting x as tab1) obtaining only syntax
> errors.

r.a would be the column "a" in the table named "r", but the only table in the
FROM list is "x". So you have to use a workaround to make it clear to the
parser that you're referring to the column "r", it would look like

SELECT (r).a from (select row(tab1.*)::tab1 as r from tab1)x;

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Gregory Stark
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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