Re: SET syntax in INSERT

On 2016-01-14 20:50, Vitaly Burovoy wrote:
> On 1/14/16, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Assume a table with an int-array column, and consider
>>
>> INSERT INTO foo SET arraycol[2] = 7, arraycol[4] = 11;
>
> Right part is a column name, not an expression. Isn't it?
> So "arraycol[2]" is not possible there.

I think the idea here was that it's allowed in UPDATE.  But I don't see 
the point of allowing that in an INSERT.


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