On 22 March 2013 09:12, Merlin Moncure mmonc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 2:00 AM, Pavel Stehule pavel.steh...@gmail.com
wrote:
lot of postgresql functions calculate with all items in array without
respect to dimensions - like unnest.
so concept use outermost dim is not in pg
2013/3/21 Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us:
Brendan Jurd dire...@gmail.com writes:
While I was working on my empty array patch I was frequently irritated
by the absence of an array_length(anyarray). The same goes for
array_upper and array_lower. Most of the time when I work with
arrays, they are
On 21 March 2013 17:08, Pavel Stehule pavel.steh...@gmail.com wrote:
2013/3/21 Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us:
I'm not entirely convinced that this is a good idea, but if we're going
to allow it I would argue that array_length(a) should be defined as
array_length(a, 1). The other possibilities
2013/3/21 Brendan Jurd dire...@gmail.com:
On 21 March 2013 17:08, Pavel Stehule pavel.steh...@gmail.com wrote:
2013/3/21 Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us:
I'm not entirely convinced that this is a good idea, but if we're going
to allow it I would argue that array_length(a) should be defined as
On 21 March 2013 17:32, Pavel Stehule pavel.steh...@gmail.com wrote:
If I though about it more, I like to more limit one parametric
array_length function just for only 1D array. So it is your A use
case. But I understand so this variant is not orthogonal. Hard to say,
what is better.
Yes,
2013/3/21 Brendan Jurd dire...@gmail.com:
On 21 March 2013 17:32, Pavel Stehule pavel.steh...@gmail.com wrote:
If I though about it more, I like to more limit one parametric
array_length function just for only 1D array. So it is your A use
case. But I understand so this variant is not
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 2:00 AM, Pavel Stehule pavel.steh...@gmail.com wrote:
2013/3/21 Brendan Jurd dire...@gmail.com:
On 21 March 2013 17:32, Pavel Stehule pavel.steh...@gmail.com wrote:
If I though about it more, I like to more limit one parametric
array_length function just for only 1D
Brendan Jurd dire...@gmail.com writes:
While I was working on my empty array patch I was frequently irritated
by the absence of an array_length(anyarray). The same goes for
array_upper and array_lower. Most of the time when I work with
arrays, they are 1-D, and it's inelegant to having to
