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 specify which > dimension I mean when there is only one to choose from.
> The question I have (and would appreciate your input on) is how such > single-argument variants should behave when operating on an array with > multiple dimensions? 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 are too complicated to explain in as few words. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers