[CODE] BEGIN; DROP TYPE structure.format_list2table_rs CASCADE; CREATE TYPE structure.format_list2table_rs AS ( "item" VARCHAR(4000) ); END; CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION structure.format_list2table ( "v_list" varchar, "v_delim" varchar ) RETURNS SETOF structure.format_list2table_rs AS $body$ /* select * from Format_List2Table('1', '1'); SELECT item FROM Format_List2Table('first||2nd||III||1+1+1+1','||'); SELECT CAST(item AS INT) AS Example2 FROM Format_List2Table('111,222,333,444,555',','); SELECT item FROM Format_List2Table('12/1/2009, 12/2/2009, 12/3/2009, 12/4/2009, 12/7/2009, 12/8/2009,, 12/9/2009, 12/10/2009, 12/11/2009,',','); SELECT * FROM Format_List2Table('1988,1390',','); SELECT * FROM Format_List2Table('1988',','); SELECT * FROM Format_List2Table('1988 1390 5151 5i7151 515545',' '); */ DECLARE v_item VARCHAR(4000); v_Pos INTEGER; v_RunLastTime INTEGER; SWV_List VARCHAR(4000); SWV_Rs format_list2table_rs; BEGIN -- SWV_List := v_List; BEGIN CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE tt_PARSEDLIST (item VARCHAR(4000)) WITH OIDS; exception when others then truncate table tt_PARSEDLIST; END; SWV_List := v_list; v_RunLastTime := 0; SWV_List := CASE POSITION(v_delim IN SWV_List) WHEN 0 THEN coalesce(SWV_List,'') || coalesce(v_delim,'') ELSE SWV_List END; --fix lists with only 1 item v_Pos := POSITION(v_delim IN SWV_List); WHILE v_Pos > 0 LOOP v_item := LTRIM(RTRIM(SUBSTR(SWV_List,1,v_Pos -1))); IF v_item <> '' THEN INSERT INTO tt_PARSEDLIST(item) VALUES(CAST(v_item AS VARCHAR(4000))); ELSE INSERT INTO tt_PARSEDLIST(item) VALUES(NULL); END IF; SWV_List := SUBSTR(SWV_List,length(SWV_List) -ABS(LENGTH(SWV_List) -v_Pos)+1); v_Pos := POSITION(v_delim IN SWV_List); IF SWV_List = '' THEN v_Pos = null; END IF; IF v_Pos = 0 AND v_RunLastTime <> 1 then v_RunLastTime := 1; v_Pos := LENGTH(SWV_List)+1; END IF; END LOOP; FOR SWV_Rs IN(SELECT * FROM tt_PARSEDLIST) LOOP RETURN NEXT SWV_Rs; END LOOP; RETURN; END; $body$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE CALLED ON NULL INPUT SECURITY INVOKER ; [/CODE] -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general