On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 01:41:50PM +0100, Ruben Rubio Rey wrote: > Hi, > > I have a select like > > SELECT (array[20]+array[21]+ ... +array[50]+array[51]) as total > FROM table > WHERE > (array[20]+array[21]+ ... +array[50]+array[51])<5000
http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/109.php might provide some useful insights. I also recall seeing something about sum operators for arrays, but I can't recall where. > AND array[20]<>0 > AND array[21]<>0 > ... > AND array[50]<>0 > AND array[51])<>0 Uhm... please don't tell me that you're using 0 in place of NULL... You might be able to greatly simplify that by use of ANY; you'd need to ditch elements 1-19 though: ... WHERE NOT ANY(array) = 0 See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/arrays.html -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
