Re: [SQL] INSERT and UPDATE with non-atomic values

create table foo (bar int4[]);
insert into foo values('{1,2,3}');
update foo set bar[2] = 4;
update foo set bar = '{5,4,4,4,5}';

I don't think you can extend a dynamic array without setting the entire
array (like the last example), which is probably a bit unfortunate.

If you're using arrays you may want to check out the stuff in
pgsql/contrib/array as well.

Martin Jackson wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am using PostgreSQL in large part because it supports arrays as
> attributes. I have spent the better part of the last couple days trying
> to figure out how one would UPDATE dynamically sized arrays. Also, is
> there an easy way of getting the size of a dynamic array?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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