Commit 6ef5baf8 authored by Robert Haas's avatar Robert Haas

Document that && can be used to search arrays.

Also, add some cross-links to the indexing documentation, so it's easier
to notice that && and other array operators have index support.

Ryan Kelly, edited by me.
parent 6753ced3
......@@ -573,6 +573,20 @@ SELECT * FROM
This function is described in <xref linkend="functions-srf-subscripts">.
</para>
<para>
You can also search an array using the <literal>&amp;&amp;</> operator,
which checks whether the left operand overlaps with the right operand.
For instance:
<programlisting>
SELECT * FROM sal_emp WHERE pay_by_quarter && ARRAY[10000];
</programlisting>
This and other array operators are further described in
<xref linkend="functions-array">. It can be accelerated by an appropriate
index, as described in <xref linkend="indexes-types">.
</para>
<tip>
<para>
Arrays are not sets; searching for specific array elements
......
......@@ -10282,7 +10282,8 @@ SELECT NULLIF(value, '(none)') ...
<para>
See <xref linkend="arrays"> for more details about array operator
behavior.
behavior. See <xref linkend="indexes-types"> for more details about
which operators support indexed operations.
</para>
<para>
......
Markdown is supported
0% or
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment