passing array as argument and returning an array in plpgsql

[K. Deepa]

Hi all,
I am using postgresql7.4. How to handle arrays in plpgsql. How can
I pass an array. Is it possible to retrieve values from an array by
indexing it like

argument : '{1,2,3}'
Return value : varchar array

Variables :
---------

a alias for $1
b _varchar

Usage :
-----

b[1] = a[1];
b[2] = a[2];

return b;

Is it possible.

TIA,

--
regards,
Deepa K

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[Pavel Stehule]

hello

It is possible

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION foo(anyarray) RETURNS anyarray AS '
DECLARE b integer[];
BEGIN b := $1; b[1] := b[1] + 1;
RETURN b;
END;
' LANGUAGE plpgsql;

testdb011=> select foo(ARRAY[1,2,3]);
foo
---------
{2,2,3}
(1 øádka)

Regards
Pavel
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[Jenny Zhang]

I got this when I was searching for something else. I will forward this
to you.
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql...1/msg00852.php
CREATE or REPLACE FUNCTION foo(integer[]) RETURNS int AS
'DECLARE
a alias for $1;
index integer := 1;
total integer := 0;
BEGIN
WHILE a[index] > 0
LOOP
total := total + a[index];
index := index + 1;
END LOOP;

RETURN total;
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

test=> select foo('{1,2}');
foo
-----
3
(1 row)
On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 03:25, K. Deepa wrote:

Hi all,
I am using postgresql7.4. How to handle arrays in plpgsql. How can
I pass an array. Is it possible to retrieve values from an array by
indexing it like

argument : '{1,2,3}'
Return value : varchar array

Variables :
---------

a alias for $1
b _varchar

Usage :
-----

b[1] = a[1];
b[2] = a[2];

return b;

Is it possible.

TIA,

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Open Source Development Lab
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[Rajesh Kumar Mallah]

Jenny Zhang wrote:
Jenny,

although this is old but i find it worth mentioning tom's
comment on it. I hit your comment on facing similar issue.

The cited example is pretty iffy since it assumes that the valid array
entries are all > 0. In recent PG version you can use the array_upper
and array_lower functions instead:

for i in array_lower(a,1) .. array_upper(a,1) loop
-- do something with a[i]
end loop;

regards, tom lane

I got this when I was searching for something else. I will forward this
to you.
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql...1/msg00852.php
CREATE or REPLACE FUNCTION foo(integer[]) RETURNS int AS
'DECLARE
a alias for $1;
index integer := 1;
total integer := 0;
BEGIN
WHILE a[index] > 0
LOOP
total := total + a[index];
index := index + 1;
END LOOP;

RETURN total;
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

test=> select foo('{1,2}');
foo
-----
3
(1 row)
On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 03:25, K. Deepa wrote:

Hi all,
I am using postgresql7.4. How to handle arrays in plpgsql. How can
I pass an array. Is it possible to retrieve values from an array by
indexing it like

argument : '{1,2,3}'
Return value : varchar array

Variables :
---------

a alias for $1
b _varchar

Usage :
-----

b[1] = a[1];
b[2] = a[2];

return b;

Is it possible.

TIA,

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