Over in [1], I was very surprised to discover $SUBJECT[2]. I looked in
the docs, and they clearly indicate that INSERT accepts "column names".
What's the best way to describe this? "column expression"? "field
expression"?
1:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20170311005810.kuccp7t5t5jhe736@alap3.anarazel.de
2:
CREATE TABLE arr(d int[]);
CREATE TABLE arr2(arr arr)
INSERT INTO arr2(arr[1].d, arr[2].d) VALUES(ARRAY[1,2],ARRAY[3,4])
RETURNING *
┌───────────────────────────────┐
│ arr │
├───────────────────────────────┤
│ {"(\"{1,2}\")","(\"{3,4}\")"} │
└───────────────────────────────┘
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Jim Nasby, Chief Data Architect, OpenSCG
http://OpenSCG.com
