StringSlice is used to scan Postgresql's arrays into Go's string arrays

gistfile1.go

// StringSlice is used to scan Postgresql's arrays into Go's string arrays
type StringSlice []string

func (s *StringSlice) Scan(src interface{}) error {
   b, ok := src.([]byte)
   if !ok {
      return error(errors.New("Scan src was not []bytes"))
   }
   // removes all quotes and nesting
   // XXX: this assumes "{} are not part of the values
   cleanUp := func(r rune) rune {
      if r == '"' || r == '{' || r == '}' {
         return -1
      }
      return r
   }
   str := strings.Map(cleanUp, string(b))
   strArr := strings.Split(str, ",")
   (*s) = StringSlice(strArr)

   return nil
}