array_iterator.doc
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- Array iterator functions, by Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@cs.unitn.it>
- This loadable module defines a new class of functions which take
- an array and a scalar value, iterate a scalar operator over the
- elements of the array and the value, and compute a result as
- the logical OR or AND of the iteration results.
- For example array_int4eq returns true if some of the elements
- of an array of int4 is equal to the given value:
- array_int4eq({1,2,3}, 1) --> true
- array_int4eq({1,2,3}, 4) --> false
- If we have defined T array types and O scalar operators we can
- define T x O x 2 array functions, each of them has a name like
- "array_[all_]<basetype><operation>" and takes an array of type T
- iterating the operator O over all the elements. Note however
- that some of the possible combination are invalid, for example
- the array_int4_like because there is no like operator for int4.
- We can then define new operators based on these functions and use
- them to write queries with qualification clauses based on the
- values of some of the elements of an array.
- For example to select rows having some or all element of an array
- attribute equal to a given value or matching a regular expression:
- create table t(id int4[], txt text[]);
- -- select tuples with some id element equal to 123
- select * from t where t.id *= 123;
- -- select tuples with some txt element matching '[a-z]'
- select * from t where t.txt *~ '[a-z]';
- -- select tuples with all txt elements matching '^[A-Z]'
- select * from t where t.txt[1:3] **~ '^[A-Z]';
- The scheme is quite general, each operator which operates on a base type
- can be iterated over the elements of an array. It seem to work well but
- defining each new operators requires writing a different C function.
- Furthermore in each function there are two hardcoded OIDs which reference
- a base type and a procedure. Not very portable. Can anyone suggest a
- better and more portable way to do it ?
- See also array_iterator.sql for an example on how to use this module.