Re: ARRAY[1] || NULL <> array_append(ARRAY[1], NULL)

From: Michael Herold <quabla(at)hemio(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ARRAY[1] || NULL <> array_append(ARRAY[1], NULL)
Date: 2015-10-26 10:04:40
Message-ID: 562DFAB8.9050507@hemio.de
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I just got confused by another behavior of the || operator. I thought it
might be appropriate to report it here.

The docs say "the result retains the lower bound subscript of the
left-hand operand’s outer dimension" [1]. That's again not true for
corner cases.

Expected:
# SELECT '{0}'::int[] || '[15:16]={1,2}';
----------
{0,1,2}

Unexpected (lower bound is untouched):
# SELECT '{}'::int[] || '[15:16]={1,2}';
---------------
[15:16]={1,2}

Actually, I was looking for a way to reset the index lower bound of an
array to the default. I didn't found a solution documented anywhere, [2]
only works for known array sizes. So, it might also be worth stating
ARRAY(SELECT UNNEST(...)) as a solution?

[1]: <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/arrays.html>
[2]: <http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/40854D0B.6000005@cromwell.co.uk>

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