Re: [BUGS] BUG #14626: array_agg( anyarray ) unexpected error with multi-valued single-dimension array

david.g.johnston@gmail.com writes:
> This doesn't, and should since the number of elements in the non-empty array
> shouldn't change the dimensionality logic.

> SELECT array_agg(CASE WHEN a = ARRAY[]::text[] THEN ARRAY['N/A']::text[]
> ELSE a END)
> FROM ( VALUES (1, ARRAY[]::text[]), (1, ARRAY['1','2']::text[]) ) vals (v,
> a)

Why do you think that should work?  You're asking array_agg to accumulate
a 1-D length-1 array and then a 1-D length-2 array.  There's no way to
make a rectangular 2-D array out of that, except perhaps by inventing
entries which isn't in array_agg's charter.
        regards, tom lane


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