Re: Array Question

Nevermind, the error was coming from the trigger. If I comment out the line in
the trigger, the second option below, "or updated at a single element", works
from the psql interface. It just doesn't work that way in the trigger code
:o(

On Saturday 30 October 2004 05:35 am, Terry Lee Tucker saith:
> The documentation reads as follows:
> "An array value can be replaced completely:
>
> UPDATE sal_emp SET pay_by_quarter = '{25000,25000,27000,27000}'
> WHERE name = 'Carol';
>
> or updated at a single element:
>
> UPDATE sal_emp SET pay_by_quarter[4] = 15000
> WHERE name = 'Bill';
>
> or updated in a slice:
>
> UPDATE sal_emp SET pay_by_quarter[1:2] = '{27000,27000}'
> WHERE name = 'Carol'; "
>
> I try this simple statement and get the same error:
>
> UPDATE chist SET broker[10] = 195 WHERE code = 'AAATMOUS000';
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks...
>
> On Friday 29 October 2004 10:07 pm, Tom Lane saith:
> > Terry Lee Tucker <terry(at)esc1(dot)com> writes:
> > > array[x] = <some_value>;
> > >
> > > This will not compile. I get the following error:
> > > ERROR: syntax error at or near "["
> >
> > plpgsql can do this since 7.4. What PG version are you running?
> >
> > regards, tom lane
> >
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