On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Rafal Pietrak <rafal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I've started using ARRAY data type recently, and I fell into the > following problem: > > When I have a relatively large ARRAY (like [1:500]) takeing an aggregate > function on its elements is not so easy. One has to iterate all the > elements, like this: > > SELECT min(A[1]) as a1, min(A[2]) as a2, ... > > This is because aggregate functions are not defined on ARRAY types. Or > may be there is an easier and more readable way to do that? If you have a fixed number of elements across the entire table, you can accomplish what I think you are trying to do by expanding all the arrays in the table and regrouping based on generate_series(), but this is a horribly inefficient way to go. Are you sure you aren't looking at table design issue? merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
