Hi, Richard,
Thanks for your response and see below.
10/21/2002 3:13:57 AM, Richard Huxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Friday 18 Oct 2002 1:58 pm, Vernon Wu wrote:
>> One field of a table stores an array of characters in a string fromat as
>> "a,b,c,d". Is anyway to apply a select statement without using stored
>> procedure?
>>
>> Thanks for your input.
>
>Not really, and I can't think any way of accessing an index on this either.
>Are you sure you wanted the characters stored this way? Even if the overhead
>of a separate table isn't woth it, you might want to look into arrays and the
>intarray stuff in contrib/
>
The reason I use this format for an array is that the array is dynamic. I have quite
few cases of this type of situation. The
maximize length in some cases is known, is unknown in others. I have learnt the
comment separated format is one way
to solve the problem. Someone also suggested to store the array as an object. I am not
sure whether it works or not.
The application is written in Java, by the way.
I have taken a look at intarray by searching on the postgres.org web site as well as
in google. (I use cypwin and unable
to find the contrib directory). My impression is it isn't a standard SQL data type.
And its element is integer only.
It is my first time doing DB table design. Any helps will be gracfully appreciated.
Thanks,
Vernon
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