On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, John Hansen wrote: > Attached, array -> rows iterator. > > select * from unnest(array[1,2,3,4,5]); > > Unnest > --------------- > 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 5 rows
This mechanism is actually designed for the multiset data type in SQL. AFAICT, our elementary one dimensional array handling mimics SQL multisets. Is there any intention to bring this into line with the spec or would that be mere pedantism? Thanks, Gavin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html