If I want to pass in a text[] argument to a plpgsql function, at what array size am I asking for problems? 100? 10,000? 100,000?

What severity of problems might I encounter? Bad performance? Postgres refusing to run my query? A crashed backend?

Yeah, like you I was pretty worried about how it would handle using larger arrays. But I was surprised to find that it did a super job of handling even large arrays.

One warning though. If you are going to filter a table based on values in a large array, don't do something like:

WHERE foo = ANY some_large_array

Instead explode it using a set returning function and join it like a table:

JOIN explode(some_large_array) e ON ...

--
Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org)
To make changes to your subscription:
http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Reply via email to