Sven Willenberger <sven@xxxxxxx> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> I think we changed this in 8.0. Before 8.0, trying to assign to an >> element of a NULL array yielded a NULL result array, but I think now >> we let you produce a one-element array that way. >> > Using a 8.0 testbox I find that the arrays still need to be initialized: [ looks at code... ] Hmm, we changed the main executor but missed plpgsql. I think this is a bug, since plpgsql is now inconsistent with what happens in a SQL UPDATE command: regression=# create table foo (f1 int[]); CREATE TABLE regression=# insert into foo values(null); INSERT 155342 1 regression=# update foo set f1[1] = 33; UPDATE 1 regression=# select * from foo; f1 ------ {33} (1 row) regression=# I'll see about making plpgsql behave similarly for 8.0.2. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx