Re: [HACKERS] string_to_array with empty input

From: Martin Gainty <mgainty(at)hotmail(dot)com>
To: <justin(at)emproshunts(dot)com>, <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom State of Pa <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] string_to_array with empty input
Date: 2009-04-01 20:17:58
Message-ID: BLU142-W15179F226ED6BF8A1854D9AE8B0@phx.gbl
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Split strings into array elements using provided delimiter

string_to_array('xx~^~yy~^~zz', '~^~')

output: {xx,yy,zz}

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/functions-array.html

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Martin
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> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 15:49:42 -0400
> From: justin(at)emproshunts(dot)com
> To: robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com
> CC: tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us; stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com; sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk; pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org; pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] string_to_array with empty input
>
> If someone can show me a real world example this logic simplifies the
> code and has more uses I'll bite
>
>
> I just presently can't see how this works better.
>
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