Re: Where's the doc for "array()" — as in "select array(values (17), (42))"

On 9/18/22 13:25, Bryn Llewellyn wrote:
> I noticed that "array()" is used in the query that implements the "\du" 
> psql meta-command. It has some similarity with "array_agg()" thus:
> 
> create temporary view x(v) as (values (17), (42));
> select array_agg(v) from x;
> select array(select v from x);
> 
> But there are differences. The "array()" function requires that its 
> argument is a subquery that returns a single column. (Its data type can 
> be composite.) But the "array_agg()" function's argument must be the 
> select list in the larger context of a select statement—and in general 
> together with "group by".
> 

Lack of an explicit GROUP BY falls through to an implied one:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-select.html#SQL-GROUPBY

"If there are aggregate functions but no GROUP BY clause, the query is 
treated as having a single group comprising all the selected rows."


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