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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >ltree</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79"><LINK REV="MADE" HREF="mailto:pgsql-docs@postgresql.org"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="PostgreSQL 9.2.24 Documentation" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Additional Supplied Modules" HREF="contrib.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="lo" HREF="lo.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="pageinspect" HREF="pageinspect.html"><LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="stylesheet.css"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><META NAME="creation" CONTENT="2017-11-06T22:43:11"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="index.html" >PostgreSQL 9.2.24 Documentation</A ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A TITLE="lo" HREF="lo.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="contrib.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="60%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Appendix F. Additional Supplied Modules</TD ><TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A TITLE="pageinspect" HREF="pageinspect.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="LTREE" >F.21. ltree</A ></H1 ><P > This module implements a data type <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > for representing labels of data stored in a hierarchical tree-like structure. Extensive facilities for searching through label trees are provided. </P ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN149388" >F.21.1. Definitions</A ></H2 ><P > A <I CLASS="FIRSTTERM" >label</I > is a sequence of alphanumeric characters and underscores (for example, in C locale the characters <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >A-Za-z0-9_</TT > are allowed). Labels must be less than 256 bytes long. </P ><P > Examples: <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >42</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Personal_Services</TT > </P ><P > A <I CLASS="FIRSTTERM" >label path</I > is a sequence of zero or more labels separated by dots, for example <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >L1.L2.L3</TT >, representing a path from the root of a hierarchical tree to a particular node. The length of a label path must be less than 65Kb, but keeping it under 2Kb is preferable. In practice this is not a major limitation; for example, the longest label path in the DMOZ catalogue (<A HREF="http://www.dmoz.org" TARGET="_top" >http://www.dmoz.org</A >) is about 240 bytes. </P ><P > Example: <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Top.Countries.Europe.Russia</TT > </P ><P > The <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >ltree</TT > module provides several data types: </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > stores a label path. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT > represents a regular-expression-like pattern for matching <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > values. A simple word matches that label within a path. A star symbol (<TT CLASS="LITERAL" >*</TT >) matches zero or more labels. For example: </P><PRE CLASS="SYNOPSIS" >foo <I CLASS="LINEANNOTATION" >Match the exact label path <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >foo</TT ></I > *.foo.* <I CLASS="LINEANNOTATION" >Match any label path containing the label <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >foo</TT ></I > *.foo <I CLASS="LINEANNOTATION" >Match any label path whose last label is <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >foo</TT ></I ></PRE ><P> </P ><P > Star symbols can also be quantified to restrict how many labels they can match: </P><PRE CLASS="SYNOPSIS" >*{<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT >} <I CLASS="LINEANNOTATION" >Match exactly <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT > labels</I > *{<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT >,} <I CLASS="LINEANNOTATION" >Match at least <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT > labels</I > *{<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT >,<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >m</I ></TT >} <I CLASS="LINEANNOTATION" >Match at least <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT > but not more than <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >m</I ></TT > labels</I > *{,<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >m</I ></TT >} <I CLASS="LINEANNOTATION" >Match at most <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >m</I ></TT > labels — same as </I > *{0,<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >m</I ></TT >}</PRE ><P> </P ><P > There are several modifiers that can be put at the end of a non-star label in <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT > to make it match more than just the exact match: </P><PRE CLASS="SYNOPSIS" >@ <I CLASS="LINEANNOTATION" >Match case-insensitively, for example <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >a@</TT > matches <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >A</TT ></I > * <I CLASS="LINEANNOTATION" >Match any label with this prefix, for example <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >foo*</TT > matches <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >foobar</TT ></I > % <I CLASS="LINEANNOTATION" >Match initial underscore-separated words</I ></PRE ><P> The behavior of <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >%</TT > is a bit complicated. It tries to match words rather than the entire label. For example <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >foo_bar%</TT > matches <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >foo_bar_baz</TT > but not <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >foo_barbaz</TT >. If combined with <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >*</TT >, prefix matching applies to each word separately, for example <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >foo_bar%*</TT > matches <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >foo1_bar2_baz</TT > but not <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >foo1_br2_baz</TT >. </P ><P > Also, you can write several possibly-modified labels separated with <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >|</TT > (OR) to match any of those labels, and you can put <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >!</TT > (NOT) at the start to match any label that doesn't match any of the alternatives. </P ><P > Here's an annotated example of <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT >: </P><PRE CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" >Top.*{0,2}.sport*@.!football|tennis.Russ*|Spain a. b. c. d. e.</PRE ><P> This query will match any label path that: </P ><P ></P ><OL TYPE="a" ><LI ><P > begins with the label <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Top</TT > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > and next has zero to two labels before </P ></LI ><LI ><P > a label beginning with the case-insensitive prefix <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >sport</TT > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > then a label not matching <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >football</TT > nor <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >tennis</TT > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > and then ends with a label beginning with <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Russ</TT > or exactly matching <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Spain</TT >. </P ></LI ></OL ></LI ><LI ><P ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT > represents a full-text-search-like pattern for matching <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > values. An <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT > value contains words, possibly with the modifiers <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >@</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >*</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >%</TT > at the end; the modifiers have the same meanings as in <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT >. Words can be combined with <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >&</TT > (AND), <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >|</TT > (OR), <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >!</TT > (NOT), and parentheses. The key difference from <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT > is that <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT > matches words without regard to their position in the label path. </P ><P > Here's an example <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT >: </P><PRE CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" >Europe & Russia*@ & !Transportation</PRE ><P> This will match paths that contain the label <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Europe</TT > and any label beginning with <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Russia</TT > (case-insensitive), but not paths containing the label <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Transportation</TT >. The location of these words within the path is not important. Also, when <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >%</TT > is used, the word can be matched to any underscore-separated word within a label, regardless of position. </P ></LI ></UL ><P > Note: <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT > allows whitespace between symbols, but <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > and <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT > do not. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN149503" >F.21.2. Operators and Functions</A ></H2 ><P > Type <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > has the usual comparison operators <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >=</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><></TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >></TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><=</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >>=</TT >. Comparison sorts in the order of a tree traversal, with the children of a node sorted by label text. In addition, the specialized operators shown in <A HREF="ltree.html#LTREE-OP-TABLE" >Table F-14</A > are available. </P ><DIV CLASS="TABLE" ><A NAME="LTREE-OP-TABLE" ></A ><P ><B >Table F-14. <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > Operators</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="1" CLASS="CALSTABLE" ><COL><COL><COL><THEAD ><TR ><TH >Operator</TH ><TH >Returns</TH ><TH >Description</TH ></TR ></THEAD ><TBODY ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >@></TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >is left argument an ancestor of right (or equal)?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><@</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >is left argument a descendant of right (or equal)?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >~</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > match <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >~</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > match <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >?</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery[]</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > match any <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT > in array?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery[]</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >?</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > match any <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT > in array?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >@</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > match <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >@</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > match <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >||</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD >concatenate <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > paths</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >||</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD >convert text to <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > and concatenate</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >||</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD >convert text to <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > and concatenate</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >@></TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does array contain an ancestor of <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><@</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does array contain an ancestor of <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><@</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does array contain a descendant of <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >@></TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does array contain a descendant of <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >~</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does array contain any path matching <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >~</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does array contain any path matching <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >?</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery[]</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > array contain any path matching any <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery[]</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >?</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > array contain any path matching any <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >@</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does array contain any path matching <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >@</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >boolean</TT ></TD ><TD >does array contain any path matching <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT >?</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >?@></TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD >first array entry that is an ancestor of <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT >; NULL if none</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >?<@</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD >first array entry that is a descendant of <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT >; NULL if none</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >?~</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD >first array entry that matches <TT CLASS="TYPE" >lquery</TT >; NULL if none</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >?@</TT > <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD >first array entry that matches <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltxtquery</TT >; NULL if none</TD ></TR ></TBODY ></TABLE ></DIV ><P > The operators <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><@</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >@></TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >@</TT > and <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >~</TT > have analogues <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >^<@</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >^@></TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >^@</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >^~</TT >, which are the same except they do not use indexes. These are useful only for testing purposes. </P ><P > The available functions are shown in <A HREF="ltree.html#LTREE-FUNC-TABLE" >Table F-15</A >. </P ><DIV CLASS="TABLE" ><A NAME="LTREE-FUNC-TABLE" ></A ><P ><B >Table F-15. <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > Functions</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="1" CLASS="CALSTABLE" ><COL><COL><COL><COL><COL><THEAD ><TR ><TH >Function</TH ><TH >Return Type</TH ><TH >Description</TH ><TH >Example</TH ><TH >Result</TH ></TR ></THEAD ><TBODY ><TR ><TD ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >subltree(ltree, int start, int end)</CODE ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD >subpath of <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > from position <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >start</TT > to position <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >end</TT >-1 (counting from 0)</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >subltree('Top.Child1.Child2',1,2)</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Child1</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >subpath(ltree, int offset, int len)</CODE ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD >subpath of <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > starting at position <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >offset</TT >, length <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >len</TT >. If <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >offset</TT > is negative, subpath starts that far from the end of the path. If <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >len</TT > is negative, leaves that many labels off the end of the path.</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >subpath('Top.Child1.Child2',0,2)</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Top.Child1</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >subpath(ltree, int offset)</CODE ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD >subpath of <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > starting at position <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >offset</TT >, extending to end of path. If <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >offset</TT > is negative, subpath starts that far from the end of the path.</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >subpath('Top.Child1.Child2',1)</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Child1.Child2</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >nlevel(ltree)</CODE ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >integer</TT ></TD ><TD >number of labels in path</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >nlevel('Top.Child1.Child2')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >3</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >index(ltree a, ltree b)</CODE ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >integer</TT ></TD ><TD >position of first occurrence of <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >b</TT > in <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >a</TT >; -1 if not found</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >index('0.1.2.3.5.4.5.6.8.5.6.8','5.6')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >6</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >index(ltree a, ltree b, int offset)</CODE ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >integer</TT ></TD ><TD >position of first occurrence of <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >b</TT > in <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >a</TT >, searching starting at <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >offset</TT >; negative <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >offset</TT > means start <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" >-offset</TT > labels from the end of the path</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >index('0.1.2.3.5.4.5.6.8.5.6.8','5.6',-4)</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >9</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >text2ltree(text)</CODE ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD >cast <TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT > to <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" ></TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" ></TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >ltree2text(ltree)</CODE ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT ></TD ><TD >cast <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT > to <TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" ></TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" ></TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >lca(ltree, ltree, ...)</CODE ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD >lowest common ancestor, i.e., longest common prefix of paths (up to 8 arguments supported)</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >lca('1.2.2.3','1.2.3.4.5.6')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >1.2</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >lca(ltree[])</CODE ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT ></TD ><TD >lowest common ancestor, i.e., longest common prefix of paths</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >lca(array['1.2.2.3'::ltree,'1.2.3'])</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >1.2</TT ></TD ></TR ></TBODY ></TABLE ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN149900" >F.21.3. Indexes</A ></H2 ><P > <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >ltree</TT > supports several types of indexes that can speed up the indicated operators: </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > B-tree index over <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT >: <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><=</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >=</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >>=</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >></TT > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > GiST index over <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree</TT >: <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><=</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >=</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >>=</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >></TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >@></TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><@</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >@</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >~</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >?</TT > </P ><P > Example of creating such an index: </P ><PRE CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" >CREATE INDEX path_gist_idx ON test USING GIST (path);</PRE ></LI ><LI ><P > GiST index over <TT CLASS="TYPE" >ltree[]</TT >: <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >ltree[] <@ ltree</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >ltree @> ltree[]</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >@</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >~</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >?</TT > </P ><P > Example of creating such an index: </P ><PRE CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" >CREATE INDEX path_gist_idx ON test USING GIST (array_path);</PRE ><P > Note: This index type is lossy. </P ></LI ></UL ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN149939" >F.21.4. Example</A ></H2 ><P > This example uses the following data (also available in file <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >contrib/ltree/ltreetest.sql</TT > in the source distribution): </P ><PRE CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" >CREATE TABLE test (path ltree); INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Top'); INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Top.Science'); INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Top.Science.Astronomy'); INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Top.Science.Astronomy.Astrophysics'); INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Top.Science.Astronomy.Cosmology'); INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Top.Hobbies'); INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Top.Hobbies.Amateurs_Astronomy'); INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Top.Collections'); INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Top.Collections.Pictures'); INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Top.Collections.Pictures.Astronomy'); INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Top.Collections.Pictures.Astronomy.Stars'); INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Top.Collections.Pictures.Astronomy.Galaxies'); INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Top.Collections.Pictures.Astronomy.Astronauts'); CREATE INDEX path_gist_idx ON test USING gist(path); CREATE INDEX path_idx ON test USING btree(path);</PRE ><P > Now, we have a table <TT CLASS="STRUCTNAME" >test</TT > populated with data describing the hierarchy shown below: </P ><PRE CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT" > Top / | \ Science Hobbies Collections / | \ Astronomy Amateurs_Astronomy Pictures / \ | Astrophysics Cosmology Astronomy / | \ Galaxies Stars Astronauts</PRE ><P > We can do inheritance: </P><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" >ltreetest=> SELECT path FROM test WHERE path <@ 'Top.Science'; path ------------------------------------ Top.Science Top.Science.Astronomy Top.Science.Astronomy.Astrophysics Top.Science.Astronomy.Cosmology (4 rows)</PRE ><P> </P ><P > Here are some examples of path matching: </P><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" >ltreetest=> SELECT path FROM test WHERE path ~ '*.Astronomy.*'; path ----------------------------------------------- Top.Science.Astronomy Top.Science.Astronomy.Astrophysics Top.Science.Astronomy.Cosmology Top.Collections.Pictures.Astronomy Top.Collections.Pictures.Astronomy.Stars Top.Collections.Pictures.Astronomy.Galaxies Top.Collections.Pictures.Astronomy.Astronauts (7 rows) ltreetest=> SELECT path FROM test WHERE path ~ '*.!pictures@.*.Astronomy.*'; path ------------------------------------ Top.Science.Astronomy Top.Science.Astronomy.Astrophysics Top.Science.Astronomy.Cosmology (3 rows)</PRE ><P> </P ><P > Here are some examples of full text search: </P><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" >ltreetest=> SELECT path FROM test WHERE path @ 'Astro*% & !pictures@'; path ------------------------------------ Top.Science.Astronomy Top.Science.Astronomy.Astrophysics Top.Science.Astronomy.Cosmology Top.Hobbies.Amateurs_Astronomy (4 rows) ltreetest=> SELECT path FROM test WHERE path @ 'Astro* & !pictures@'; path ------------------------------------ Top.Science.Astronomy Top.Science.Astronomy.Astrophysics Top.Science.Astronomy.Cosmology (3 rows)</PRE ><P> </P ><P > Path construction using functions: </P><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" >ltreetest=> SELECT subpath(path,0,2)||'Space'||subpath(path,2) FROM test WHERE path <@ 'Top.Science.Astronomy'; ?column? ------------------------------------------ Top.Science.Space.Astronomy Top.Science.Space.Astronomy.Astrophysics Top.Science.Space.Astronomy.Cosmology (3 rows)</PRE ><P> </P ><P > We could simplify this by creating a SQL function that inserts a label at a specified position in a path: </P><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" >CREATE FUNCTION ins_label(ltree, int, text) RETURNS ltree AS 'select subpath($1,0,$2) || $3 || subpath($1,$2);' LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE; ltreetest=> SELECT ins_label(path,2,'Space') FROM test WHERE path <@ 'Top.Science.Astronomy'; ins_label ------------------------------------------ Top.Science.Space.Astronomy Top.Science.Space.Astronomy.Astrophysics Top.Science.Space.Astronomy.Cosmology (3 rows)</PRE ><P> </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN149957" >F.21.5. Authors</A ></H2 ><P > All work was done by Teodor Sigaev (<CODE CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:teodor@stack.net" >teodor@stack.net</A >></CODE >) and Oleg Bartunov (<CODE CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:oleg@sai.msu.su" >oleg@sai.msu.su</A >></CODE >). See <A HREF="http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist/</A > for additional information. Authors would like to thank Eugeny Rodichev for helpful discussions. 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