Samba <saasira@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > REPOST! Please fix the subject line to be something useful when you resend a message. >> I'm trying to assign the individual sub arrays to other array elements >> like: >> >> other-array VARCHAR[]; >> >> other_array=some_array[1]; >> >> and I'm expecting to get '{samba,sarath,sreenivas}' for index 1 and *{samba,mukhesh,pavan} >> *for index 2;* >> *however, I'm getting NULL. You need to use array slice syntax if you want to extract a sub-array rather than a single element. Try something like some_array[1:1]. See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/arrays.html#ARRAYS-ACCESSING regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general