Re: Pl/PgsSQL array

Ben-Nes Yonatan wrote:
> Richard Huxton wrote:
> 
>>> Can anyone tell me if Pl/PgSQL can support a multi dimensional array 
>>> (of up to 5 levels top I guess) with about 100,000 values?
>>> and does it stress the system too much?
>>
>> I can't imagine it being wonderful - you probably want a different 
>> procedural language. Or a different approach come to think of it - can 
>> I ask what you are using 5D arrays with 100,000 values for?
> 
> Indeed you can my good sir :)
> 
> Im going to insert into one table a list of about 3.5 million products 
> each day, thouse products also contain data about their own categories.
> 
> Now I receive all of this data every day and I need to delete all of the 
> previous data each time and insert the new one.
> In order to create the category table (tree table) I want to create an 
> array out of the categories information at the products and then insert 
> it into the the categories table (the tree :)).

I would be tempted use an external perl script to receive the data and 
insert it into the database, building the categories tree as it did so.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd