Re: [mmoncure@gmail.com: Re: [GENERAL] array_to_set functions]

From: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, "Michael Glaesemann" <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net>, Decibel! <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>, "Jeremy Drake" <pgsql(at)jdrake(dot)com>, "PostgreSQL Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [mmoncure@gmail.com: Re: [GENERAL] array_to_set functions]
Date: 2007-08-15 04:50:44
Message-ID: 162867790708142150m6353f598md7aa0f9988554bee@mail.gmail.com
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2007/8/15, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> On 8/14/07, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> >
> > TODO item?
>
> I would say yes...array_accum is virtually an essential function when
> working with arrays and the suggested array_to_set (and it's built in
> cousin, _pg_expand_array) really should not be built around
> generate_series when a C function is faster and will scale much
> better.
>

Hello Merlin

array_accum is good sample of PostgreSQL possibilities. But it is slow.

SELECT ARRAY(SELECT ... FROM ...)) is much faster. :(

so I unlike not necessary aggregate functions

I agree. These constructs can be showed in doc

Regards
Pavel Stehule

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