Re: [DOCS] Array function

2004-11-01 Thread Peter Eisentraut
David Fetter wrote:
> Please find attached a different diff :)

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Re: [DOCS] Array function

2004-11-01 Thread Jim C. Nasby
BTW, it seems it would be useful to dedicate a chapter to array
handling, since it's something that's not very common amongst databases.

On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 04:36:14PM -0800, David Fetter wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> Here's a little addition to the array functions & operators section of
> the manual.  It adds a function array() to the list.
> 
> Cheers,
> D
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Re: [DOCS] Array function

2004-11-01 Thread David Fetter
On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 08:47:05PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> David Fetter wrote:
> > Please find attached a different diff :)
> 
> If you want to write a note, use the  element.

Thanks for the tip :)

Fixed, attaching a diff against CVS HEAD.

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Index: doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.221
diff -u -r1.221 func.sgml
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@@ -6931,6 +6931,18 @@
   
  
 
+  
+  
+Although it is not strictly a function and does not appear in \df
+in psql, ARRAY(), mentioned in  acts much like a
+table function (equivalently, a
+set-returning function or a
+SRF--see )
+which takes anyarray and returns a set of
+anyelement.
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+  
   
 
  

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Re: [DOCS] Array function

2004-11-01 Thread David Fetter
On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 01:59:13PM -0600, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 04:36:14PM -0800, David Fetter wrote:
> > Folks,
> > 
> > Here's a little addition to the array functions & operators
> > section of the manual.  It adds a function array() to the list.
> > 
> > Cheers, D
>
> BTW, it seems it would be useful to dedicate a chapter to array
> handling, since it's something that's not very common amongst
> databases.

I guess it depends what you mean. Oracle has "subtables," and other
things have stuff like that.  Also, it's in the SQL standard...

Anyhow, where do you think it should go?

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D
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Re: [DOCS] Array function

2004-11-01 Thread Peter Eisentraut
David Fetter wrote:
> Anyhow, where do you think it should go?

In the chapter on data types -- where it already is.

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