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To: J Greenbaum <jj@bu.edu>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org, Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: assigning values to array elements 
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Comments: In-reply-to J Greenbaum <jj@bu.edu>
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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J Greenbaum <jj@bu.edu> writes:
> As you can see, I'm trying to assign a value to an array element, but it
> isn't working for some reason.

plpgsql doesn't support that yet :-(.

This needs to be fixed.  I'm not sure why it doesn't have an entry in
TODO.  Bruce, would you add something like
	* allow assignment to array elements
to the plpgsql section?

			regards, tom lane