From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Undocumented array_val[generate_series(...)] functionality? |
Date: | 2021-07-12 16:14:36 |
Message-ID: | 2981296.1626106476@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I agree the material in Extending SQL - SQL Functions, plus normal
> expectations, mean that we do indeed cover the topic sufficiently. The
> location and specifics of the material and use of cross-references could
> use some attention though its also not an area that gets too many questions
> so people are figuring this all out one way or another (or not finding a
> need and just don’t know what they are missing…)
Yeah, there is a lot of material in that chapter that is about using
functions, not just writing them. I don't think anyone's entirely
happy about the current factorization of those parts of the manual;
but it's not entirely clear how to make it better, either.
regards, tom lane
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