Re: Selecting values from comma separated string

2009/8/26 Nacef LABIDI <nacef(dot)l(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> Here I come again to ask how can I pass an array of values to a pgsql
> function when I call this function from a delphi program for example.
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the driver have to support it. But why?

simply you can use varchar and string_to_array function.

Pavel

> Nacef
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> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
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>> "A. Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com> writes:
>> > In response to Nacef LABIDI :
>> >> I want to write a function that takes as param a comma separated values
>> >> string
>> >> and perform a select matching these values.
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>> > Use EXECUTE sql_string,
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>> Safer to use string_to_array, for instance
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>>        ... WHERE id = ANY(string_to_array('1,3,7,8', ',')::int[]) ...
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>> Of course this just begs the question of why the OP doesn't use an
>> array in the first place.
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>>                        regards, tom lane
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