I have 2d array and want to select only first element of it, which is 1d array.
How do I do that?
To get the first slice of an array:
SELECT my_arr[1:1];
The resulting array has the same array dimensions as the input.
Details in my previous answer here:
To flatten the result:
SELECT ARRAY(SELECT unnest(my_arr[1:1]));
Or cleaner:
SELECT ARRAY(SELECT * FROM unnest(my_arr)[1:1]));
SELECT (ARRAY[[1,2,3], [4,5,6], [7,8,9]])[1:1];
Result:
{{1,2,3}} -- 2D array
Or:
SELECT ARRAY(
SELECT unnest((ARRAY[[1,2,3], [4,5,6], [7,8,9]])[1:1])
);
Result:
{1,2,3} -- 1D array
unnest()
in Postgres 8.3Response to your comment:
The Wiki page you are linking to was a bit misleading. I updated it with code for 2-dimensional arrays.
unnest()
for 1-dimensional array:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION unnest_1d(anyarray)
RETURNS SETOF anyelement AS
$func$
SELECT $1[i]
FROM generate_series(array_lower($1,1), array_upper($1,1)) i
$func$ LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE;
unnest()
for 2-dimensional array:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION unnest_2d(anyarray)
RETURNS SETOF anyelement AS
$func$
SELECT $1[d1][d2]
FROM generate_series(array_lower($1,1), array_upper($1,1)) d1
, generate_series(array_lower($1,2), array_upper($1,2)) d2
$func$ LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE;
The aggregate function array_agg()
is not installed by default in Postgres 8.3:
CREATE AGGREGATE array_agg(anyelement) (
SFUNC = array_append,
STYPE = anyarray,
INITCOND = '{}'
);
Unnest 2d array to 1d arrays:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION unnest_2d_1d(anyarray)
RETURNS SETOF anyarray AS
$func$
SELECT array_agg($1[d1][d2])
FROM generate_series(array_lower($1,1), array_upper($1,1)) d1
, generate_series(array_lower($1,2), array_upper($1,2)) d2
GROUP BY d1
ORDER BY d1
$func$ LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE;
SQL Fiddle.
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