On Mar 15, 2013, at 3:42 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> Oh. Is there a way to declare an empty 1-dimension array? > > Doesn't look like it: > > regression=# select '[1:0]={}'::text[]; > ERROR: upper bound cannot be less than lower bound > LINE 1: select '[1:0]={}'::text[]; > ^ > > Possibly we should allow that, but just as with the other point, it > would require some thought and investigation to make sure we weren't > creating more problems than we solved.
Right, okay. I added a link to your email to https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo#Arrays. Looks like better dealing with empty arrays was already on the list, including this gem: http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/28026.1224611...@sss.pgh.pa.us Thanks, David -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers