2018-07-09 11:58 GMT+02:00 Brahmam Eswar <brahmam1...@gmail.com>: > 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. >