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Re: final patch - plpgsql: for-in-array

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

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From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>, Jaime Casanova <jaime@2ndquadrant.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-11-18T19:45:32Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 

On 11/18/2010 02:39 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> 2010/11/18 Andrew Dunstan<andrew@dunslane.net>:
>>
>> On 11/18/2010 02:17 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
>>>   -only a few people use FOR IN SELECT UNNEST for iteration over array.
>> How on earth do you know that? I use it a lot and I was just demonstrating
>> it to a client yesterday, and I'm quite sure he will use it a lot too. I bet
>> I'm far from alone.
>>
> how much people are active readers and writers in pg_hackers like you? :)
>
> I didn't say so nobody use it. You, me, David. But I really didn't see
> this pattern here in real applications.
>

Lots of people are told to use it on IRC. Trust me, it's getting well known.

cheers

andrew