Re: How to set array element to null value

[David Fetter]

On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:28:45PM +0530, Brahmam Eswar wrote:
> I'm trying to reset array element to null.

You can do this in SQL as follows:

SELECT ARRAY(
SELECT CASE e WHEN 'ABC' THEN NULL ELSE e
FROM UNNEST(x) _(e)
)

This should really be going to pgsql-general because to is about how
to use PostgreSQL, not how to change PostgreSQL.

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David.
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Re: How to set array element to null value

[Thomas Kellerer]

Brahmam Eswar schrieb am 09.07.2018 um 11:58:
> I'm trying to reset array element to null. but 3rd line of below snippet is 
> giving the compilation error.
> 
> 
> FOR indx_1 IN array_lower(X, 1)..array_upper(X, 1) LOOP
> IF X[indx_1].REFERENCE_VALUE = 'ABC' THEN
> X[indx_1].REFERENCE_VALUE:='';
> END IF;
> END LOOP;

What data type is X exactly? It looks like a composite record type. 

(Also: an empty string '' is not the same as NULL)

Re: How to set array element to null value

[Pavel Stehule]

2018-07-09 11:58 GMT+02:00 Brahmam Eswar :

> I'm trying to reset array element to null. but 3rd line of below snippet
> is giving the compilation error.
>
>
> FOR indx_1 IN array_lower(X, 1)..array_upper(X, 1) LOOP
> IF X[indx_1].REFERENCE_VALUE = 'ABC' THEN
> X[indx_1].REFERENCE_VALUE:='';
> END IF;
> END LOOP;
>
>
a) plpgsql doesn't support complex expressions on left side of assign
command, b) '' is not NULL in PostgreSQL

you can write your code some like

DECLARE r RECORD;
BEGIN
  FOR i IN array_lower(x, 1) .. array_upper(x, 1)
  LOOP
r := x[i];
IF r.reference_value = 'ABC' THEN
  r.reference_value := NULL;
  x[i] := r;
END IF;
  END LOOP;
END;

Regards

Pavel




> --
> Thanks & Regards,
> Brahmeswara Rao J.
>

How to set array element to null value

[Brahmam Eswar]

I'm trying to reset array element to null. but 3rd line of below snippet is
giving the compilation error.


FOR indx_1 IN array_lower(X, 1)..array_upper(X, 1) LOOP
IF X[indx_1].REFERENCE_VALUE = 'ABC' THEN
X[indx_1].REFERENCE_VALUE:='';
END IF;
END LOOP;

-- 
Thanks & Regards,
Brahmeswara Rao J.