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On 09/15/2011 09:13 AM, Siva Palanisamy wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I wish to return an array of values.
Assume, I have a table called contacts. I want to display all
the names available from a column in the UI. Hence I need to
return that column as an array of values. Please correct me if
there is any other solution exist.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here is the code, I’m trying to execute:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_all_names()<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">RETURNS TEXT[] AS '<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">DECLARE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">group_data TEXT[];<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">BEGIN<o:p></o:p></p>
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Try<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--SELECT display_name INTO group_data FROM
contacts;<o:p></o:p></p>
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select array(select display_name from contacts) into group_data;<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">RETURN group_data;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">END;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">'LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During compilation, I got the below error:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ERROR: array value must start with "{" or
dimension information<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "get_all_ names
" line 4 at SQL statement<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Siva.<o:p></o:p></p>
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