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<h1 class="title">S-SQL and Postgresql Arrays</h1>
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<h2>Table of Contents</h2>
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<ul>
<li><a href="#org5b5e1e9">Summary</a></li>
<li><a href="#orgb184e03">Use cases for arrays in a database</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#org0501d46">General Usage</a></li>
<li><a href="#org3a3f1cb">Rules of Thumb - Do Not Use Arrays If:</a></li>
<li><a href="#org8ff0c90">Data Type Enforcement</a></li>
<li><a href="#orge4ec121">Indices on Arrays</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#orga873376">S-SQL Array Support</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#org111d808">:array (used inside a query calling a subquery, selecting into an array)</a></li>
<li><a href="#org4725d4e">:array[] (declares an array and returns an array</a></li>
<li><a href="#org3c67aab">:[] (used when you want a slice of an array</a></li>
<li><a href="#orgf09a891">General Usage Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#org826cf7c">Dao Class Support for Arrays</a></li>
<li><a href="#org51f254c">Array Operators</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#org269876e">Array Comparison Operators</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#org9047d71">:= Equality Comparison (Are two arrays equal on an element by element basis)</a></li>
<li><a href="#org1c80249">:<> Not Equal Comparison</a></li>
<li><a href="#org3fe0011">:< Less Than Comparison</a></li>
<li><a href="#orgcda6285">:> Greater Than Comparison</a></li>
<li><a href="#org343dd7c">:>= Greater Than or Equal to Comparison</a></li>
<li><a href="#org0d854a7">:<= Less Than or Equal To Comparison</a></li>
<li><a href="#orgeb938b5">:@> Contains Comparison</a></li>
<li><a href="#orgfa75fef">:<@ Is Contained By Comparison</a></li>
<li><a href="#org7f73a5a">:&& Has Elements in Common Comparison</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#orgdbea427">Array Concatenation Operators</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#org7645780">:|| Concatentation Arrays and Elements</a></li>
<li><a href="#orge2faadb">:|| Concatenation with Multi-Dimensional Arrays</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#org4ae78e1">Array functions</a>
<ul>
<li>
<ul>
<li><a href="#org2774760">Array-prepend</a></li>
<li><a href="#org553460c">array-append</a></li>
<li><a href="#org358241c">array-cat</a></li>
<li><a href="#orgbef29fc">array-ndims</a></li>
<li><a href="#org34dc0b7">array-dims</a></li>
<li><a href="#org1c9eb36">array-fill</a></li>
<li><a href="#org102910e">array-length</a></li>
<li><a href="#org5974698">array-lower</a></li>
<li><a href="#orgc5bc7b2">array-position</a></li>
<li><a href="#org5ae7695">array-positions</a></li>
<li><a href="#org0923f75">array-remove</a></li>
<li><a href="#orgd824c3c">array-replace</a></li>
<li><a href="#org7c3e8c8">array-to-string</a></li>
<li><a href="#orga7d29a9">array-upper</a></li>
<li><a href="#orgd589d9f">cardinality</a></li>
<li><a href="#org0e460cd">string-to-array</a></li>
<li><a href="#orgfb945cf">unnest</a></li>
<li><a href="#orgae7d8cb">array-agg</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#org78d4fdc">NULL and nil</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
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<p>
<a href="s-sql.html">Return to s-sql.html</a>
<a href="dao-classes.html">Return to dao-classes.html</a>
<a href="postmodern.html">Return to postmodern.html</a>
</p>
<div id="outline-container-org5b5e1e9" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="org5b5e1e9">Summary</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-org5b5e1e9">
<p>
Arrays are a first class datatype within postgresql. The contents can only be of a single
datatype. Postgresql will enforce that typing. They can be multidimensional. The starting index is 1, not 0. Regardless of whether you specify an array length when you create a table,
Postgresql will always treat them as variable length.
</p>
<p>
Postmodern/s-sql can be used to insert common lisp arrays into postgresql databases,
pull postgresql database arrays out of databases into a common lisp array,
and generally engage in all the ways that sql can use postgresql arrays.
Postgresql arrays are documented at <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/arrays.html">https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/arrays.html</a>
and <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-array.html">https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-array.html</a>.
</p>
<p>
The Postmodern dao-classes can also have slots that are common lisp arrays with the same utility.
</p>
<p>
This page will go into more detail on how to use the available operators and functions
in s-sql.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-orgb184e03" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="orgb184e03">Use cases for arrays in a database</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-orgb184e03">
</div>
<div id="outline-container-org0501d46" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="org0501d46">General Usage</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-org0501d46">
<p>
You can either use arrays as a datatype stored in the database or there may be reasons why you want to use them as an intermediate datatype in a query.
</p>
<p>
There is a bit of controversy over the use of the array datatype in a database. There are those
who adamantly oppose it, claiming that it is a violation of 1NF form (normalization).
It is easy to use arrays for the wrong reason in a database and there can be other
consequences which need to be taken into consideration - loss of referential integrity,
updating one slot in the array will require re-reading the entire array, and some other
lost search flexibility immediately come to mind. Like any design process decision, there
are reasons when you should design a database that is fully normalized
and use cases when denormalization can lead to speed and memory savings. You can read
some of the points at <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4415754">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4415754</a>. Another article
suggests that yould should not use arrays if you are going to have to keep accessing
items in the array by position for types that are variable in length
(hstores, jsonb, varchars, text). In such a case postgresql has to scan the array to
find the nth element because it stores variable length items as arrays of values,
not as an array of pointers to values. The article does not discuss using GIN indexes
on the array. It does suggest using the postgresql unnest sql function to resolve
some of these issues since it parses an array and returns a set of sets of entries
(one entry per row (the subset) and the total as the superset. An example of using
unnest in s-sql is set out below.
</p>
<p>
I would agree with Dimitri Fontaine who points out that "arrays can be used to denormalize data
and avoid lookup tables. A good rule of thumb for using them is you mostly use the array as a
whole, even if you might at times search for elements in the array." As he notes, "..heavier
processing is going to be more complex than a lookup table."
<a href="https://tapoueh.org/blog/2018/04/postgresql-data-types-arrays/">https://tapoueh.org/blog/2018/04/postgresql-data-types-arrays/</a>
</p>
<p>
Another way of saying it is to use arrays if you are storing "lists" of things, not if you are
storing lists of "things".
</p>
<p>
It really depends on your use case. If you need speed and very simple lookups, then arrays might
be what you want because your physical storage looking at fewer table pages. If it is not a really
simple lookup, use many-to-many tables because the lookup will take more time with an array than
the physical storage seeking cost.
</p>
<p>
At the same time, do not forget that you can use postgresql arrays in an intermediate
step in a query or as the result of the query. They can be used in ways other than
database table storage.
</p>
<p>
The postgresql documentation provides an employee pay example where the pay-by-quarter is a
one-dimensional array and the schedule is a two dimensional array.
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-sql"><span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">TABLE</span> <span style="color: #00ede1; font-weight: bold;">sal_emp</span> (
<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">name</span> text,
pay_by_quarter <span style="color: #34cae2;">integer</span>[],
schedule text[][]
);
</pre>
</div>
<p>
I have seen suggestions that arrays can replace separate many-to-many tables in
relationships, e.g.
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-sql"><span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">TABLE</span> <span style="color: #00ede1; font-weight: bold;">posts</span> (
title TEXT,
tags TEXT[]
);
<span style="color: #74af68;">-- </span><span style="color: #74af68;">Select all posts with tag 'kitty'</span>
<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">SELECT</span> * <span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">FROM</span> posts <span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">WHERE</span> tags @> <span style="color: #e67128;">'{kitty}'</span>;
</pre>
</div>
<p>
THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS PUTTING FOREIGN KEYS INTO THE ARRAY! DO NOT DO THAT!
Part of the reason for using an <a href="https://www.essentialsql.com/what-is-meant-by-acid/">ACID</a> database is to ensure integrity and putting
foreign keys into an array prevents the database from enforcing the integrity of
the foreign keys.
</p>
<p>
One very interesting write-up took a slightly different approach. Instead of
putting the one-to-many relationship directly in the posts table, it replaced
a many-to-many table (linking a document table with a tag table)
with a tags-array table (linking to the document table) and compared the size
and speed metrics with the normal m-t-m table. See:
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.databasesoup.com/2015/01/tag-all-things.html">http://www.databasesoup.com/2015/01/tag-all-things.html</a>,
<a href="http://www.databasesoup.com/2015/01/tag-all-things-part-2.html">http://www.databasesoup.com/2015/01/tag-all-things-part-2.html</a>,
<a href="http://www.databasesoup.com/2015/01/tag-all-things-part-3.html">http://www.databasesoup.com/2015/01/tag-all-things-part-3.html</a>
</p>
<p>
In this case, it found searching for documents using the tag array approach to be much faster
than the normal normalized approach, as well as having a smaller storage size.
</p>
<p>
The s-sql version for creating the table currently requires a separate create table and
two separate create index commands
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:create-table</span> documents
((doc-id <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:type</span> integer <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:constraint</span> 'dockey-id <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:primary-key</span> 't <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:unique</span>)
(text <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:type</span> text))))
(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:create-table</span> doc-tags-array ((doc-id <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:type</span> integer <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:references</span> ((documents doc-id)))
(tags <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:type</span> text[] <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:default</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"{}"</span>))))
(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:create-unique-index</span> 'doc-tags-id-doc-id <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:on</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"doc-tags-array"</span> <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:fields</span> 'doc-id))
(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:create-index</span> 'doc-tags-id-tags <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:on</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"doc-tags-array"</span> <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:using</span> gin <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:fields</span> 'tags))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
And then the corresponding searches for one tag and two (or more) tags would be:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:limit</span>
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:order-by</span>
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> 'doc-id
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'doc-tags-array
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:@></span> 'tags (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array[]</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"math"</span>)))
'doc-id)
25 0))
(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:limit</span>
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:order-by</span>
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> 'doc-id
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'doc-tags-array
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:@></span> 'tags (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array[]</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"math"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"physics"</span>)))
'doc-id)
25))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
Note that is was a one-to-many relationship. If you need a
many-to-many (mtm or m-t-m) relationship, you would need two sets of arrays.
</p>
<p>
A similar approach was examined in
<a href="https://medium.com/@leshchuk/mtm-on-arrays-in-postgresql-a97f3c50b8c6">https://medium.com/@leshchuk/mtm-on-arrays-in-postgresql-a97f3c50b8c6</a>
which concluded that if you do not need referential integrity in the
one-to-many or many-to-many relationship, the array length is in
the tens rather than hundreds or thousands, and you use a GIN index,
there is a speed and memory benefit to using an array to contain
the relationship ids compared to a mtm table. This is particularly
the case if the relations are disproportionate - e.g. 1 million
documents and 100 tags. In those tests, the cost of joins exceeded
the indexed access speed of using arrays.
</p>
<p>
One use case is to reduce the number of columns in a table
where you are using the array as an atomic data unit. If you
discover that you are doing a lot of searches and joins on
array slots, this is likely to be a bad design.
</p>
<p>
Another use case is to store machine learning model weights which
are a 2d array of numbers.
</p>
<p>
The <a href="https://madlib.apache.org/">MADlib</a> advanced statistical and machine learning addon extension
for <a href="https://www.postgresql.org">postgresql</a> and <a href="https://greenplum.org/">greenplum</a> uses arrays for intputs into its algorithms.
</p>
<p>
Sidenote: The greenplum massively parallel database project is a
fork from postgresql and is a bit behind on the standard postgresql
functionality.
</p>
<p>
In any case, s-sql may have available calls to postgresql functions
which are not in the database version you are programming to.
</p>
<p>
See also <a href="https://www.compose.com/articles/take-a-dip-into-postgresql-arrays/">https://www.compose.com/articles/take-a-dip-into-postgresql-arrays/</a>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-org3a3f1cb" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="org3a3f1cb">Rules of Thumb - Do Not Use Arrays If:</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-org3a3f1cb">
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Do not use arrays where you need to maintain integrity for foreign relationships. That is what</li>
</ul>
<p>
foreign keys are for.
</p>
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Do not use arrays if you have to change the items in the array frequently.</li>
<li>Do not use arrays if you rely on an ORM unless you have ensured</li>
</ul>
<p>
that the ORM can utilize arrays.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-org8ff0c90" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="org8ff0c90">Data Type Enforcement</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-org8ff0c90">
<p>
Compared to jsonb, postgresql arrays enforce the data type. This can be critical in both maintaining the integrity of your data as well as optimization in your appliction code.
This database enforced type safety does not, however, enforce the dimensionality of
the array.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-orge4ec121" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="orge4ec121">Indices on Arrays</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-orge4ec121">
<p>
It is highly recommended that you use GIN or GIST indexes to search
for items in array column. You should remember that GIST indices are
lossy while GIN indices are lossless.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-orga873376" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="orga873376">S-SQL Array Support</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-orga873376">
<p>
S-sql can feel a little messy with respect to arrays but that
is in large part because (a) sql dealing with arrays is messy and
(b) postgresql has both an array[] constructor and an array function.
</p>
<p>
If you are just translating between a lisp array and a
postgresql array, then postmodern handles the data type translation
fairly easily as can be seen in the examples below.
</p>
<p>
Generally speaking, there are three base s-sql array operators
to know:
</p>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-org111d808" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="org111d808">:array (used inside a query calling a subquery, selecting into an array)</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-org111d808">
<p>
The format of the call is:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array</span> (query))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
Example:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:order-by</span>
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> 'r.rolename
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:as</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array</span>
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> 'b.rolename
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:as</span> 'pg_catalog.pg-auth-members 'm)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:inner-join</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:as</span> 'pg-catalog.pg-roles 'b)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:on</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:=</span> 'm.roleid 'b.oid)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:=</span> 'm.member 'r.oid )))
'memberof)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:as</span> 'pg-catalog.pg-roles 'r))
1))
</pre>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-org4725d4e" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="org4725d4e">:array[] (declares an array and returns an array</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-org4725d4e">
<p>
The format of the call is:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array[]</span> (<span style="color: #34cae2;">&rest</span> args))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
Examples:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array[]</span> 2 6))
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:single</span>)
#(2 6)
(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array[]</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:/</span> 15 3) (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:pi</span>) 6))
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:single</span>)
#(5.0d0 3.141592653589793d0 6.0d0)
</pre>
</div>
<p>
Note that in the second example, the value of 6 is returned as a
float because the entire array must be the same type.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-org3c67aab" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="org3c67aab">:[] (used when you want a slice of an array</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-org3c67aab">
<p>
The format of the call is:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:[]</span> (form start <span style="color: #34cae2;">&optional</span> end))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
Example:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">let</span> ((arry1 #(2 6 7 12)))
(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:[]</span> arry1 2 3))
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:single</span>))
#(6 7)
</pre>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-orgf09a891" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="orgf09a891">General Usage Examples</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-orgf09a891">
<p>
Just to make these usage examples really simple, we will use the
simplest use case version discussed above, with a tags array in a table
with the name of the item. In this case the name is the name of a
recipe and the tags are ingredients that either go in the recipe
or accompany the recipe.
</p>
<p>
First to create the table and the indexes. The index on 'name is the
default B-tree index. The index on the tags is a GIN index.
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-sql">(query (:<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">create</span>-<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">table</span> recipes
((<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">name</span> :<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">type</span> text)
(tags :<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">type</span> text[] :<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">default</span> "{}"))))
(query (:<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">create</span>-<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">unique</span>-index <span style="color: #e67128;">'recipe-tags-id-name</span>
<span style="color: #e67128;"> :on "recipes"</span>
<span style="color: #e67128;"> :fields '</span><span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">name</span>))
(query (:<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">create</span>-index <span style="color: #e67128;">'recipe-tags-id-tags</span>
<span style="color: #e67128;"> :on "recipes"</span>
<span style="color: #e67128;"> :using gin</span>
<span style="color: #e67128;"> :fields '</span>tags))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
Now use :insert-rows-into to populate the table. Notice we are actually
passing in lisp arrays and it is automatically inserted in the table
as a postgresql array.
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:insert-rows-into</span>
'recipes
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:columns</span> 'name 'tags
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:values</span>
'((<span style="color: #e67128;">"Fattoush"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"greens"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"pita bread"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"olive oil"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"garlic"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"lemon"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"salt"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"spices"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Shawarma"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"meat"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"tahini sauce"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"pita bread"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Baba Ghanoush"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"pita bread"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"olive oil"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"eggplant"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"tahini sauce"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Shish Taouk"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"chicken"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"lemon juice"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"garlic"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"paprika"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"yogurt"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"tomato paste"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"pita bread"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Kibbe nayeh"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"raw meat"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"bulgur"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"onion"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"spices"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"pita bread"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Manakeesh"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"meat"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"cheese"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"zaatar"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"kishik"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"tomatoes"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"cucumbers"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"mint leaves"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"olives"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Fakafek"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"chickpeas"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"pita bread"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"tahini sauce"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Tabbouleh"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"bulgur"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"tomatoes"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"onions"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"parsley"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Kofta"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"minced meat"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"parsley"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"spices"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"onions"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Kunafeh"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"cheese"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"sugar syrup"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"pistachios"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Baklava"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"filo dough"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"honey"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"nuts"</span>)))))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
This will automatically insert the required square brackets into the sql statement
being passed to postgresql. This automatic translation between lisp and
postgresql arrays does not work where you need a postgresql function in a query.
(The database function is not going to be in a lisp array.)
For that you need to use the :array[] sql-op. E.g.
</p>
<p>
Sample desired sql statement:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-sql">(<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #34cae2;">ARRAY</span>[(1 / 2)]::FLOATS[]);
</pre>
</div>
<p>
S-sql version
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:type</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array[]</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:/</span> 1 2)) float[])))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
First we can start by checking for records that have a specific tag
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> 'recipe-id 'tags
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'recipe-tags-array
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:@></span> 'tags
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array[]</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"bulgur"</span>))))
((<span style="color: #e67128;">"Tabbouleh"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"bulgur"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"tomatoes"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"onions"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"parsley"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Kibbe nayeh"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"raw meat"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"bulgur"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"onions"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"spices"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"pita bread"</span>)))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
We should look at this return a bit closer. As you might expect in postmodern,
this query returns list of lists and each sublist contains the string name.
What may be unexpected is that the second item in each sublist is actually
a lisp array.
</p>
<p>
Extending this to checking for items with two specific tags:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> 'recipe-id 'tags
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'recipe-tags-array
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:@></span> 'tags
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array[]</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"bulgur"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"parsley"</span>))))
((<span style="color: #e67128;">"Tabbouleh"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"bulgur"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"tomatoes"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"onions"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"parsley"</span>)))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
As you should expect, we can also pass in a lisp variable which
is an array, in this case we are using the :&& operator which
acts as an 'or' logical test:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">let</span> ((tst-arry #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"parsley"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"cheese"</span>)))
(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:order-by</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> '*
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'recipes
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:&&</span> 'tags tst-arry))
'name)))
'((<span style="color: #e67128;">"Manakeesh"</span>
#(<span style="color: #e67128;">"meat"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"cheese"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"zaatar"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"kishik"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"tomatoes"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"cucumbers"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"mint leaves"</span>
<span style="color: #e67128;">"olives"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Tabbouleh"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"bulgur"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"tomatoes"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"onions"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"parsley"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Kofta"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"minced meat"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"parsley"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"spices"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"onions"</span>))
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"Kunafeh"</span> #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"cheese"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"sugar syrup"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"pistachios"</span>)))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
Validating that this is returning a vector:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(type-of (query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> 'tags
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'recipes
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:=</span> 'name <span style="color: #e67128;">"Manakeesh"</span>))
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:single</span>))
'(SIMPLE-VECTOR 8)
</pre>
</div>
<p>
We can also check the length of the array or cardinality:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:cardinality</span> 'tags)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'recipes
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:=</span> 'name <span style="color: #e67128;">"Manakeesh"</span>))
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:single</span>)
</pre>
</div>
<p>
Updating the array can be done either explicitly:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp"><span style="color: #74af68;">;;; </span><span style="color: #74af68;">Update array with an lisp array (changing onion to onions in the one row where it is singular</span>
(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:update</span> 'recipes
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:set</span> 'tags #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"raw meat"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"bulgur"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"onions"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"spices"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"pita bread"</span>)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:=</span> 'name <span style="color: #e67128;">"Kibbe nayeh"</span>)))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
or passing in a lisp variable:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp"><span style="color: #74af68;">;;; </span><span style="color: #74af68;">checking passing a lisp array as a variable</span>
(<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">let</span> ((lisp-arry #(<span style="color: #e67128;">"wine"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"garlic"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"soy sauce"</span>)))
(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:update</span> 'recipes
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:set</span> 'tags '$1
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:=</span> 'name 11))
lisp-arry))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
If you are selecting a slice of a postgresql array, then use :[].
At this point it is a good reminder that postgresql arrays start
at 1, not at 0. The first parameter following the field name is
the starting point of the slice to return. The second parameter
is the end point of the slice to return (defaulting to the
starting point).
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:[]</span> 'tags 2)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'recipes
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:=</span> 'name 3)))
'((<span style="color: #e67128;">"olive oil"</span>))
(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:[]</span> 'tags 2 3)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'recipes
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:=</span> 'name 3)))
'((#(<span style="color: #e67128;">"olive oil"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"eggplant"</span>)))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
If you are sub-selecting into a postgresql array, postgresql switches
from square brackets to parens, so in s-sql you need to
use :array. E.g.
</p>
<p>
Sample desired sql statement:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-sql">
<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">SELECT</span> r.rolname,
<span style="color: #34cae2;">ARRAY</span>(<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">SELECT</span> b.rolname
<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">FROM</span> pg_catalog.pg_auth_members <span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">m</span>
<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">JOIN</span> pg_catalog.pg_roles b <span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">ON</span> (<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">m</span>.roleid = b.oid)
<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">m</span>.member = r.oid) <span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">as</span> memberof
<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">FROM</span> pg_catalog.pg_roles r
<span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #ffad29; font-weight: bold;">BY</span> 1;
**************************
</pre>
</div>
<p>
And now the s-sql version. Here, because we are selecting into an array,
we need to use just :array
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:order-by</span>
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> 'r.rolename
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:as</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array</span>
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> 'b.rolename
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:as</span> 'pg_catalog.pg-auth-members 'm)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:inner-join</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:as</span> 'pg-catalog.pg-roles 'b)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:on</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:=</span> 'm.roleid 'b.oid)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:=</span> 'm.member 'r.oid )))
'memberof)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:as</span> 'pg-catalog.pg-roles 'r))
1))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
The postgresql unnest function (:unnest ..) expands every
array entry into a separate row. In the following select, we pull out all
the distinct tags in a list of lists where every list has a single tag entry.
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:order-by</span>
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:as</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:unnest</span> 'tags) 'tag) <span style="color: #23d7d7;">:distinct</span>
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'recipes)
'tag))
'((<span style="color: #e67128;">"bulgur"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"cheese"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"chicken"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"chickpeas"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"cucumbers"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"eggplant"</span>)
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"filo dough"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"garlic"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"greens"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"honey"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"kishik"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"lemon"</span>)
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"lemon juice"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"meat"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"minced meat"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"mint leaves"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"nuts"</span>)
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"olive oil"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"olives"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"onions"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"paprika"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"parsley"</span>)
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"pistachios"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"pita bread"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"raw meat"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"salt"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"spices"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"sugar syrup"</span>)
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"tahini sauce"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"tomatoes"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"tomato paste"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"yogurt"</span>) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"zaatar"</span>))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
We can use with and group-by operators to count the unique tags:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:order-by</span>
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:with</span>
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:as</span> 'p
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:as</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:unnest</span> 'tags) 'tag)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'recipes))
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> 'tag (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:as</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:count</span> 'tag) 'cnt)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'p
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:group-by</span> 'tag))
(<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:desc</span> 'cnt) 'tag))
'((<span style="color: #e67128;">"pita bread"</span> 6) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"onions"</span> 3) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"spices"</span> 3) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"tahini sauce"</span> 3) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"bulgur"</span> 2)
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"cheese"</span> 2) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"garlic"</span> 2) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"meat"</span> 2) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"olive oil"</span> 2) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"parsley"</span> 2)
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"tomatoes"</span> 2) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"chicken"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"chickpeas"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"cucumbers"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"eggplant"</span> 1)
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"filo dough"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"greens"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"honey"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"kishik"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"lemon"</span> 1)
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"lemon juice"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"minced meat"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"mint leaves"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"nuts"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"olives"</span> 1)
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"paprika"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"pistachios"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"raw meat"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"salt"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"sugar syrup"</span> 1)
(<span style="color: #e67128;">"tomato paste"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"yogurt"</span> 1) (<span style="color: #e67128;">"zaatar"</span> 1))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
Yes, there are array-append, array-replace etc operators
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:update</span> 'recipes
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:set</span> 'tags (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array-append</span> 'tags <span style="color: #e67128;">"appended-items"</span>)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:=</span> 'name <span style="color: #e67128;">"Kibbe nayeh"</span>)))
(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:update</span> 'recipes
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:set</span> 'tags (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array-replace</span> 'tags <span style="color: #e67128;">"spices"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"chocolate"</span>)))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
The above two versions checked all the row, even those without the target string,
effectively the equivalent of not using the index.
</p>
<p>
You can use a different operator that more effectively uses the GIN index and
just touches the rows with the targeted string in the array:
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(query (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:update</span> 'recipes
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:set</span> 'tags (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:array-replace</span> 'tags <span style="color: #e67128;">"chocolate"</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"spices"</span>)
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:<@</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"{\"chocolate\"}"</span> 'tags)))
</pre>
</div>
<p>
The use of the :any* operator needs to be considered as a special case. Quoting
Marijn Haverbeke here,"Postgres has both a function-call-style any and an infix any,
and S-SQL's syntax doesn't allow them to be distinguished." As a result, s-sql
has a regular :any sql-op and a :any* sql-op, which expand slightly differently.
</p>
<p>
To show the difference, look at the sql statements that are generated by the two
operators :any* and :any
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="src src-lisp">(sql (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> '*
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'recipes
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:where</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:=</span> <span style="color: #e67128;">"chicken"</span> (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:any*</span> 'tags ))))
<span style="color: #e67128;">"(SELECT * FROM recipes WHERE (E'chicken' = ANY(tags)))"</span>
(sql (<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:select</span> '*
<span style="color: #23d7d7;">:from</span> 'recipes