From: | Jasen Betts <jasen(at)xnet(dot)co(dot)nz> |
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To: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Custom sorting |
Date: | 2009-05-19 12:00:49 |
Message-ID: | guu71h$kli$1@reversiblemaps.ath.cx |
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On 2009-05-16, Jana <jana(dot)vasseru(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> i'm looking for a way to create a custom sort table. The table has a
> column which is currently character varying (255), although i might do
> with an array of double if it will help. This column can contain various
> data as it represents an output of a polymorfic algorithm, this is usualy
> a sequence of numbers which have to be compared with some pretty complex
> rules.
> Example values:
> {23.4;324;54.3;12.3}
> {23.4;53;64.4;53.5}
> {23.4;123;54.4;43.5}
> {43.2;563}
> {54.1;342}
> {23.4;433;33.5}
>
> {A;B;C;D;E}
> function (R1, R2)
> if (R1.A == R2.A)
> if (R1.B > 200) and (R2.B > 200)
> if (R1.B > 1000) and (R2.B > 1000)
> return R1.D - R2.D;
> else
> return R2.C - R1.C;
> else
> if (R1.C < 50) and (R2.C < 50)
> return R1.E - R2.E;
> else
> return R1.D - R2.D;
> else
> return R1.A - R2.A
to me this does not look like it defines an ordering
in other words a>b and b>c does not imply a>c
a {1,111,33,2,9)
b {1,222,44,3,8}
c {1,333,55,4,7}
F(a,b)= 9-8 = 1 thus a>b
F(b,c)= 55-44 = 11 thus b>c
F(a,c)= 2-3 = -1 thus c>a
What you ask is therfore impossible.
if you can create an ordering that is consistent where a>b and b>c
does imply a>c you can then create an operator class for it
(I have no idea how to do this bit)
And then you can create a btree index using it.
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