Re: Is This A Set Based Solution?

Stefan Berglund <stefan_berglund(at)msn(dot)com> writes:
> Below is a small test case that illustrates what I'm attempting which is
> to provide a comma separated list of numbers to a procedure which
> subsequently uses this list in a join with another table.

> My questions are is this a set based solution and is this the best
> approach in terms of using the data types and methods afforded by
> PostgreSQL? I'm mostly inquiring about the double FOR loop which just
> doesn't feel right to me ...

It looks pretty ugly to me too, but you haven't explained your problem
clearly enough for anyone to be able to recommend a better solution path.
Why do you feel you need to do this? What is the context?

regards, tom lane