Hi 2016-03-06 18:41 GMT+01:00 Alexander Farber <alexander.far...@gmail.com>:
> Thank you, but shouldn't I better use FOREACH for my task? > > SQL based solution (functional based) solution can be faster and shorter. PLpgSQL is nice language, but what you can do about arrays functionally, you should to do :). Usually it is significantly faster. But, you can try - it is good example for learning, try to implement it different ways and compare speed. Pavel > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 6:34 PM, bricklen <brick...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Alexander Farber < >> alexander.far...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> could someone please recommend the most efficient way subtracting >>> elements of one array from the other in PostgreSQL 9.5? >>> >> >> There are quite a few examples of array functions at >> http://postgres.cz/wiki/Array_based_functions, probably worth having a >> look. >> > >