Re: Dynamic Array into pl/pgSQL function

Okay...

I have tried this: AND caseId = ANY (ListOfNumbers)
   and get this error "parser: parse error at or near "$2" at character 1060"
I have tried this: AND caseId = ANY (ListOfNumbers[])
   and get this error "parser: parse error at or near "$2" at character 1060"
I have tried this: AND caseId = ANY (SELECT ListOfNumbers[])
   and get this error "parser: parse error at or near "]" at character 1071"

The function only works when I assign an array element such as "ListOfNumbers
[1]".  In this case it works, however now I have lost the intent of the
function using all the numbers in the array.  This method only uses one.

Is there a way to extract all of the elements from the array, no matter the
size of the array?

Thanks,
Derrick

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---------- Original Message -----------
From: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
To: derrick <derrick@grifflink.com>
Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Sent: Mon, 31 May 2004 08:03:54 +0100
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Dynamic Array into pl/pgSQL function

> On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 07:24, derrick wrote:
> > Okay.  I can send the numbers to the function using this array
> > format:  '{123,124,125,126}'
> > And the function receives those numbers in this format:  CREATE OR
REPLACE
> > FUNCTION public.PopContacts(varchar, int4[]).
> >
> > But, I still can't use the $2 or the ListOfNumbers alias in the function
> > body.  I get this error:  "Unable to identify an operator '=' for
> > types 'integer' and 'integer[]'  You will have to retype this query using
an
> > explicit cast"
>
> ...
>
> > >   FOR rec IN SELECT caseid, name, address FROM Table1 WHERE area =
> > > State and caseId In (ListOfNumbers)  LOOP
>
> I've never needed to use it, but I think you need the operator "ANY"
> rather then "IN" - see 7.4 docs section 9.17.3
>
> --
> Oliver Elphick                                          olly@lfix.co.uk
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