Re: Updating Arrays - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Updating Arrays
Date
Msg-id 14610.1314068098@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Updating Arrays  (Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
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Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Bob Pawley <rjpawley@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> I'm not sure what you mean.
>> _base -- not base -- is the column name.

> oops. anyways, the important point is on the right side of the equals sign.
> Update library.compare set _base[2] = 2 where process_id = 2;

Right.  If you assign to _base[2], you must provide a single numeric
value.  Not a one-element array.

OTOH, if you were to assign to _base[2:2] (an array slice containing
just that one element), you must provide a one-element numeric array on
the righthand side.  So if there's some reason why you need to write
'{2}' and not just '2', you can accommodate that by adjusting what
you're assigning to.

            regards, tom lane

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