This is the code I posted:
create type complex1 as ( ... ); -- one integer member and about 16 text members
create type complex2 as ( ... ); -- few integer members, about 10 text members, and about 6 different enum members
CREATE OR REPLACE blah ...
...
DECLARE
myvariable complex1[];
mydatasource complex1;
myrowsource complex2[];
...
BEGIN
...
-- The first way I tried to do it:
myvariable := array(
SELECT mydatasource FROM unnest(myrowsource)
);
-- The second way I tried to do it:
myvariable := array(
SELECT (mydatasource)::complex1 FROM unnest(myrowsource)
);
-- The third way I tried to do it:
myvariable := array(
SELECT (mydatasource.member1, mydatasource.member2, ...)::complex1 FROM unnest(myrowsource)
);
...
END ...
I think you are thinking there is a naming conflict because you are seeing this:
SELECT mydatasource FROM unnest(myrowsource)
And also seeing this:
DECLARE
myvariable complex1[];
mydatasource complex1;
myrowsource complex2[];
And also think that there is a column called mydatasource in unnest(myrowsource). But there is no such column. If you are thinking there is a naming conflict for another reason, please explain, because I'm not seeing it.
What I am doing here is rather strange, and maybe there is a better way to do it. I'm just not aware of it. I'm relatively new to PostgreSQL. As I said, what I'm expecting my code to do is literally:
1. unnest the myrowsource array into rows
2. use the current contents of the previously declared mydatasource variable, which is of type 'complex1' to
3. generate as many rows using those contents as there are rows in the unnesting of myrowsource array
4. construct an array based on the resulting set of rows and store it in myvariable
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Tom Lane
<tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
Eliot Gable <
egable+pgsql-general@gmail.com> writes:
> Thanks for the note on the bugfix in the update. I will try it. However,
> there is no naming conflict.
posted. I realize that that probably was not the code you were
actually trying to use, but we can only go on what you show us.
regards, tom lane
--
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