Re: obtaining ARRAY position for a given match

From: Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: obtaining ARRAY position for a given match
Date: 2009-11-19 17:50:49
Message-ID: 20091119175049.GT5407@samason.me.uk
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On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 09:46:42AM -0800, Scott Bailey wrote:
> We had an idx() function in the _int contrib module. I wonder if it
> would be useful to write this in C now that _int is deprecated?

Is "idx" really the best name for this? there could be multiple
occurrences of a value in an array (i.e. it's not a set) and hence why I
used "firstidx" for the function name. If it's replacing an existing
function, then compatibility is a good reason.

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Sam http://samason.me.uk/

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