From: Dennis <pg-user@calico-consulting.com>
To: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: postgres SQL <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: function returning array
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:03:37 -0400
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Joe Conway writes:
>> dennis'# pParsed varchar[];
>
> Make that last line:
> pParsed varchar[] := ''{}'';
>
> That initializes pParsed to an *empty* array. Otherwise pParsed is NULL,
> and when you attempt to extend a NULL array, e.g. "pParsed[1] = ''blah''"
> you still get NULL.
Joe, thank you very much! It makes much sense now that you tell me, but it
was obviously not something I thought of.
Dennis
pg-user a t calico-consulting dot com
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