Thread: BUG #17206: the function array_cat(anyarray, anyarray) does not exist

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      17206
Logged by:          Edouard HIBON
Email address:      edouard.hibon@free.fr
PostgreSQL version: 14.0
Operating system:   windows 10
Description:

Trying to create the following aggregate function :
CREATE AGGREGATE array_accum (anyarray)
(
    sfunc = array_cat,
    stype = anyarray,
    initcond = '{}'
);

I get the ERROR : the function array_cat(anyarray, anyarray) does not exist,
SQL state: 42883
whereas this works in PostGreSQL 13.4

"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 2:51 PM PG Bug reporting form <
> noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
>> I get the ERROR : the function array_cat(anyarray, anyarray) does not
>> exist,

> You may find this commit to be illuminating.  Work was done in this area
> for v14.
> https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/97f73a978fc1aca59c6ad765548ce0096d95a923

This one might be more so:

https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git&a=commitdiff&h=9e38c2bb50

Also see the very first item in the v14 compatibility notes:

    User-defined objects that reference certain built-in array functions
    along with their argument types must be recreated (Tom Lane)

    Specifically, array_append(), array_prepend(), array_cat(),
    array_position(), array_positions(), array_remove(), array_replace(),
    and width_bucket() used to take anyarray arguments but now take
    anycompatiblearray. Therefore, user-defined objects like aggregates
    and operators that reference those array function signatures must be
    dropped before upgrading, and recreated once the upgrade completes.

            regards, tom lane

"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:

On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 2:51 PM PG Bug reporting form <
noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:

I get the ERROR : the function array_cat(anyarray, anyarray) does not
exist,

You may find this commit to be illuminating.  Work was done in this area
for v14.
https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/97f73a978fc1aca59c6ad765548ce0096d95a923

This one might be more so:

https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git&a=commitdiff&h=9e38c2bb50

Also see the very first item in the v14 compatibility notes:
    User-defined objects that reference certain built-in array functions    along with their argument types must be recreated (Tom Lane)
    Specifically, array_append(), array_prepend(), array_cat(),    array_position(), array_positions(), array_remove(), array_replace(),    and width_bucket() used to take anyarray arguments but now take    anycompatiblearray. Therefore, user-defined objects like aggregates    and operators that reference those array function signatures must be    dropped before upgrading, and recreated once the upgrade completes.
			regards, tom lane

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