On 2011-06-10, Emi Lu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> String array compare command, I forgot how to do it.
>
> E.g.,
> create table z_drop(id varchar[]);
> insert into z_drop values('{"a1", "a2", "b1", "b2", "b3"}');
>
> I'd like to do:
>
> select * from z_drop where id = any('a1', 'b1');
use the array overlap operator:
select * from z_drop where id && ARRAY['a1'::varchar, 'b1'];
If you define the column as text[] instead of varchar you don't need
the ::varchar cast above. there's no postgres reason to prefer
(unbounded) varchar to text.
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