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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Dereferencing a 2-dimensional array in plpgsql
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Msg-id 21760.1107198506@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Dereferencing a 2-dimensional array in plpgsql  (Sven Willenberger <sven@dmv.com>)
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Sven Willenberger <sven@dmv.com> writes:
> The problem stems from being unable to assign values to an array without
> first initializing the array in plpgsql.

I think we changed this in 8.0.  Before 8.0, trying to assign to an
element of a NULL array yielded a NULL result array, but I think now
we let you produce a one-element array that way.

            regards, tom lane

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