Re: [GENERAL] Checking empty array

2007-10-30 Thread Albe Laurenz
Alexis Beuraud wrote: > What is the correct way to check whether an array is empty? > > Here is what I do, in pseudo-code: > > -- Is my array empty now? > IF (myarray isnull) THEN Try this: IF array_lower(myarray, 1) IS NULL THEN ... END IF Yours, Laurenz Albe ---(end

Re: [GENERAL] Checking empty array

2007-10-30 Thread Pavel Stehule
2007/10/30, Alexis Beuraud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dear all, > > What is the correct way to check whether an array is empty? > I have an array which I initialize with '{}' and then do som array_append > under some circonstances. I would like to know whether the array is empty at > the end of the fun

Re: [GENERAL] Checking empty array

2007-10-30 Thread Richard Huxton
Alexis Beuraud wrote: Dear all, What is the correct way to check whether an array is empty? -- Is my array empty now? IF (myarray isnull) THEN An empty array isn't null (unknown), it's empty. Try enquiring about it's size: SELECT array_dims('{}'::integer[]) is null; ?column? -- t

[GENERAL] Checking empty array

2007-10-30 Thread Alexis Beuraud
Dear all, What is the correct way to check whether an array is empty? I have an array which I initialize with '{}' and then do som array_append under some circonstances. I would like to know whether the array is empty at the end of the function. I have not found the answer in the help page nor on