On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:08:06 +0100 Sam Mason <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION array_intersect (array1 > INTEGER[],array2 INTEGER[]) RETURNS INTEGER[] AS $$ > DECLARE > out INTEGER[]; > BEGIN > IF array1 IS NULL OR array2 IS NULL THEN > RETURN '[]'; > END IF; > FOR i IN ARRAY_LOWER(array1,1) .. ARRAY_UPPER(array1,1) LOOP > IF (array1[i] =ANY (array2)) THEN > out := array_append(out,array1[i]); > END IF; > END LOOP; > RETURN out; > END; > $$ LANGUAGE PLPGSQL; Is the =ANY specific to PG 8.2 or higher? On 8.1.10: psql=> select array_intersect('{1,2,3}', '{1,2,6,7,8}'); array_intersect ----------------- (1 row) Also, I think the first return needs to be: RETURN '{}'; instead of: RETURN '[]'; Josh ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster