[SQL] Re: [SQL] unnesting of array of different size explodes memory

2011-04-13 Thread Charlie
Another approach to consider is using strings. E.g. The function assembles the underlying query as a string and returns the results of executing the string. Passing the groups in a string may be straightforward in your application, or not. There was a thread in the novice forum last year abou

Re: [SQL] unnesting of array of different size explodes memory

2011-04-13 Thread Tom Lane
Andreas Gaab writes: > As I now understand, the following query leads to 12 results, not just 4 (or > 3...): > SELECT unnest(ARRAY[1,2,3]), unnest(ARRAY[4,5,6,7]); > Why could postgres use as much memory till the kernel complained when > unnesting 1200 and 1300 elements resulting in 1.6e6 rows