Re: Set Operators and Arrays Question

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Geoff Russell <geoff(at)austrics(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: PostgreSQL List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Set Operators and Arrays Question
Date: 2001-03-01 18:46:09
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0103011941330.760-100000@peter.localdomain
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Geoff Russell writes:

> I'm really just suggesting a couple of set operators for arrays.

Well, arrays are arrays, not sets. If you want sets, you create a table.
If you want set operators, you use selects and joins. That is the design.

However, if you want to outsmart the system you can use the operators in
contrib/array, but don't say I didn't warn you.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/

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