arrays in where

From: Tom Allison <tom(at)tacocat(dot)net>
To: General PostgreSQL List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: arrays in where
Date: 2007-05-28 22:28:09
Message-ID: BF87B3F1-3E0B-4EB5-892C-3AFA579D580A@tacocat.net
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I have a table....

select * from history;
idx | tokens
-----+---------------------
2 | {10633,10634,10636}

And the values in the tokens field are taken from sequence values
from another table.

Can I use this kind of storage to identify all the tokens in the
first table that make these token_idx values?

Normally I would store these under a table with a structure like:
2 | 10633
2 | 10634
2 | 10636
as a "join table"

and simply join all these rows together.
but I'm curious if I can use the ARRAY and if it might save me some
performance because this join table would also have a lot of
redundant data...

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