On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:27:08PM +0100, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote: > On Pavel's blog, I found this statement, which does just what I need: > > select (each(hstore(foo))).* from foo; > > > Excuse the daft question, but could, please, you explain what ".*" does? each(hstore) is a function that returns set of records. each record can have many fields. when you have value which is record, you can add .* to get all columns from it, separately. since each(hstore) is expression, and not column name/alias - you need to wrap is in () before adding .* Best regards, depesz -- The best thing about modern society is how easy it is to avoid contact with it. http://depesz.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general