Re: doc: array_length produces null instead of 0
От | David G. Johnston |
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Тема | Re: doc: array_length produces null instead of 0 |
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Msg-id | CAKFQuwbH4P52zVst2Ri_t+nhy+sgdJDEwQ_MMRPsrtji1VwvAQ@mail.gmail.com обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: doc: array_length produces null instead of 0 (Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>) |
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Re: doc: array_length produces null instead of 0
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Список | pgsql-hackers |
On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 6:33 AM Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com> wrote:
Hi David,
> Per discussion here:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/163636931138.8076.5140809232053731248%40wrigleys.postgresql.org
>
> We can now easily document the array_length behavior of returning null instead of zero for an empty array/dimension.
>
> I added an example to the json_array_length function to demonstrate that it does return 0 as one would expect, but contrary to the SQL array behavior.
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> I did not bother to add examples to the other half dozen or so "_length" functions that all produce 0 as expected. Just the surprising case and the adjacent one.
Good catch.
+ <literal>array_length(array[], 1)</literal>
+ <returnvalue>NULL</returnvalue>
One tiny nitpick I have is that this example will not work if used
literally, as is:
```
=# select array_length(array[], 1);
ERROR: cannot determine type of empty array
LINE 1: select array_length(array[], 1);
```
Maybe it's worth using `array_length(array[] :: int[], 1)` instead.
I think subconsciously the cast looked ugly to me so I probably skipped adding it. I do agree the example should be executable though, and most of the existing examples use integer[] (not the abbreviated form, int) so I'll plan to go with that.
Thanks for the review!
David J.
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