On 11/9/15, YUriy Zhuravlev <u.zhurav...@postgrespro.ru> wrote: > On Monday 09 November 2015 12:48:54 you wrote: >> I am sorry - it is looking pretty obscure. Really need this feature? > > IMHO yes. > Now for write: array[~2:~-2] you need like: > array[array_lower(array, 1)+3: array_upper(array, 1)-2] > > Worse when long names. Besides the extra functions calls.
You can write it as a separate function instead of changing current syntax. Call would be like : SELECT slice_abs('[-3:3]={1,2,3,4,5,6,7}'::int[], 2, -2) == {3,4,5,6} SELECT slice_abs('[-3:3]={1,2,3,4,5,6,7}'::int[], 2, NULL) == {3,4,5,6,7} -- omitting boundaries -- Best regards, Vitaly Burovoy -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers