Re: What is the difference?

From: Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail(at)webthatworks(dot)it>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What is the difference?
Date: 2009-03-06 09:31:18
Message-ID: 20090306103118.54403e57@dawn.webthatworks.it
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On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:50:27 +0100
Oluwatope Akinniyi <topeakinniyi(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:

>
> This
> SELECT 1 WHERE '95b5a221aeba15c' IN (E'\'' ||
> replace('95b5a221aeba15c+fb4e7219ab898ce+b08586cb81059f9','+',''',''')
> || E'\'') returns no row while
>
> SELECT 1 WHERE '95b5a221aeba15c' IN
> ('95b5a221aeba15c','fb4e7219ab898ce','b08586cb81059f9') returns a
> row.
>
> What is the difference between E'\'' ||
> replace('95b5a221aeba15c+fb4e7219ab898ce+b08586cb81059f9','+',''',''')
> || E'\'' and '95b5a221aeba15c','fb4e7219ab898ce','b08586cb81059f9'?

You assume that the statement is interpreted twice.
The first is comparing your needle with an array/recordset of just
one element
"'95b5a221aeba15c','fb4e7219ab898ce','b08586cb81059f9'"

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Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
http://www.webthatworks.it

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