OK that is a syntax I have never seen. But correct we are getting close. Noticed that string_to_array does not handle double spaces very well. If there are double space between the tokens, there is "" (empty string)
in the array returned. Not exactly what I expected. KD -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Bax Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 4:07 PM Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [SQL] variables with SELECT statement Kevin Duffy wrote: > Within my table there is a field DESCRIPTION that I would like to parse > and split out into other fields. > > Within DESCRIPTION there are spaces that separate the data items. > String_to_array(description, ' ') does the job very well. > > I need something like this to work. > > select string_to_array(description, ' ') as a_desc, > a_desc[0] as name , a_desc[1] as type, a_desc[2] as > size, from prodlist where type = 'B' You almost had it ... select a_desc, a_desc[1] as name, a_desc[2] as type, a_desc[3] as size from (select string_to_array(description, ' ') as a_desc from prodlist) as foo where a_desc[2] = 'B' -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
