Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@xxxxxxx> writes: > I always wonder whether it's more efficient to aggregate this path > using an array rather than a varchar. Mainly because representing the > numbers as varchars will require more memory than as integer, but then > I don't know the overhead of an array structure and whether appending > to an array doesn't actually copy it. If you go that direction, you're not far away from the ltree extension (which might also be a solution for the OP's problem). -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general