Anyone want to fix plperl for null array elements? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Anyone want to fix plperl for null array elements?
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Msg-id 29781.1132278111@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Responses Re: Anyone want to fix plperl for null array elements?  (Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>)
Re: Anyone want to fix plperl for null array elements?  ("Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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I think plperl should be fixed to translate undef to NULL when returning
an array, but currently it translates to an empty string:

pl_regression=# CREATE OR REPLACE function returns_array() returns text[] as $$
pl_regression$# return ['a,b','c"d',undef,'e-f']; $$ LANGUAGE plperl;
CREATE FUNCTION
pl_regression=# select returns_array();    returns_array
-----------------------{"a,b","c\"d","",e-f}
(1 row)

There might be some problems going in the other direction, too;
I haven't tried.  Anybody feeling eager to fix this?
        regards, tom lane


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