On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2009/12/19 Postgres User <postgres.developer@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to write a very simple function statement to select a >> single integer field from a table and save it into an int array. For >> some reason I can't seem to find the correct syntax: >> >> CREATE TABLE sample ( >> id integer >> ); >> >> and then within a function: >> >> my_array int[]; >> my_array = SELECT ARRAY(id) FROM sample; >> >> >> This syntax and variations of it don't work. Can anyone show me the >> correct approach? >> > > Hello > > please try SELECT ARRAY(SELECT id FROM sample) or SELECT array_agg(id) > FROM sample - if you have 8.4 yup: array() vs array_agg() vs array[]...which to use? *) use array[] when building list of scalar values *) use array_agg when aggregating (you need to group by something) *) use array() everywhere else merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general