On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Wells Oliver <wellsoliver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What's the canonical way of doing this? Various failed attempts include: Just compare an empty hstore with yours. [local]:5432 grayhemp@grayhemp=# select ''::hstore = ''::hstore, ''::hstore = '{a=>1}'::hstore; ?column? | ?column? ----------+---------- t | f (1 row) > > select array_length(%%'a=>1'::hstore - 'a=>1'::hstore, 1) > > select array_length(%%('a=>1'::hstore - 'a=>1'::hstore), 1) > > select array_length(avals('a=>1'::hstore - 'a=>1'::hstore), 1); > > select array_length(akeys('a=>1'::hstore - 'a=>1'::hstore), 1); > > select skeys('a=>1'::hstore - 'a=>1'::hstore) is null > > select 'a=>1'::hstore - 'a=>1'::hstore is null > > Etc. > > -- > Wells Oliver > wellsoliver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sergey Konoplev Database and Software Architect http://www.linkedin.com/in/grayhemp Phones: USA +1 415 867 9984 Russia, Moscow +7 901 903 0499 Russia, Krasnodar +7 988 888 1979 Skype: gray-hemp Jabber: gray.ru@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general