Re: Check a value in array

hi,

Marco Lazzeri wrote:

> Il gio, 2004-04-29 alle 19:56, Rod Taylor ha scritto:
>
>>On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 13:37, Marco Lazzeri wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all.
>>>
>>>I have to check if a value is in an array.
>>>
>>>I've got a date array in a table and I would like to perform queries
>>>like:
>>>
>>>SELECT * FROM table WHERE date IN dates_array;
>>
>>If you're using 7.4 or later, try:
>>
>> SELECT * FROM table WHERE date = ANY(dates_array);
>>
>>This will work without the contrib package.
>
> Thank you Rod, I forgot to specify I'm using PostgreSQL 7.3.5.

or, you can write a procedure, and make and it immutable:)

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION in_array (numeric [], numeric) RETURNS
boolean AS'
declare
array_to alias for $1;
array_value alias for $2;
i integer default 1;
begin
while array_to[i] is not null loop
if array_value = array_to[i] then
return true;
end if;
i := i+1;
end loop;
return false;
end;
'LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' immutable RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT SECURITY INVOKER;

change the numeric to your specified type and:

WHERE in_array(dates_array,date) = true

C.