Re: Rethinking plpgsql's assignment implementation

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От Tom Lane
Тема Re: Rethinking plpgsql's assignment implementation
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Msg-id 780642.1607895632@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Ответ на Re: Rethinking plpgsql's assignment implementation  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Ответы Re: Rethinking plpgsql's assignment implementation  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
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I wrote:
> So my idea here is to add a parsing-mode option to raw_parser(),
> which would be an enum with values like "normal SQL statement",
> "expression only", "type name", "plpgsql assignment statement".

Here's a fleshed-out patch series that attacks things that way.
I'm a lot better pleased with this than with my original approach.

0001 creates the basic infrastructure for "raw parse modes", and as
proof of concept simplifies typeStringToTypeName().  There's a minor
functional improvement there, which is that we can now use the core
parser's error cursor position, so instead of

regression=# do $$ declare x int[23/] ; begin end $$;
ERROR:  syntax error at or near "/"
LINE 1: do $$ declare x int[23/] ; begin end $$;
                        ^
CONTEXT:  invalid type name "int[23/] "

you get

regression=# do $$ declare x int[23/] ; begin end $$;
ERROR:  syntax error at or near "/"
LINE 1: do $$ declare x int[23/] ; begin end $$;
                              ^
CONTEXT:  invalid type name "int[23/] "

It's possible we could dispense with the error context callback
in typeStringToTypeName altogether, but I've not experimented much.


0002 tackles the next problem, which is to make this feature accessible
through SPI.  There are a couple of possibly-controversial choices here.

Following the principle that we should avoid changing documented SPI
interfaces, we need a new version of SPI_prepare to pass RawParseMode
through.  This'll be the fourth one :-(, so I decided it was time to
try to make a definition that can stay API-compatible through future
changes.  So it takes a struct of options, and I added a promise that
zeroing the struct is enough to guarantee forward compatibility
through future additions.

This leaves both of the previous iterations, SPI_prepare_cursor
and SPI_prepare_params, unused anywhere in the core code.
I suppose we can't kill them (codesearch.debian.net knows of some
external uses) but I propose to mark them deprecated, with an eye
to at least removing their documentation someday.

I did not want to add a RawParseMode parameter to pg_parse_query(),
because that would have affected a larger number of unrelated modules,
and it would not have been great from a header-inclusion footprint
standpoint either.  So I chose to pass down the mode from SPI by
having it just call raw_parser() directly instead of going through
pg_parse_query().  Perhaps this is a modularity violation, or perhaps
there's somebody who really wants the extra tracing overhead in
pg_parse_query() to apply to SPI queries.  I'm open to discussing
whether this should be done differently.

(However, having made these two patches, I'm now wondering whether
there is any rhyme or reason to the existing state of affairs
with some callers going through pg_parse_query() while others use
raw_parser() directly.  It's hard to knock making a different
choice in spi.c unless we have a coherent policy about which to
use where.)


Next, 0003 invents a raw parse mode for plpgsql expressions (which,
in some contexts, can be pretty nearly whole SELECT statements),
and uses that to get plpgsql out of the business of prefixing
"SELECT " to user-written text.  I would not have bothered with this
as a standalone fix, but I think it does make for less-confusing
error messages --- we've definitely had novices ask "where'd this
SELECT come from?" in the past.  (I cheated a bit on PERFORM, though.
Unlike other places, it needs to allow UNION, so it can't use the
same restricted syntax.)

0004 then reimplements plpgsql assignment.  This is essentially the same
patch I submitted before, but redesigned to work with the infrastructure
from 0001-0003.

0005 adds documentation and test cases.  It also fixes a couple
of pre-existing problems that the plpgsql parser had with assigning
to sub-fields of record fields, which I discovered while making the
tests.

Finally, 0006 removes plpgsql's ARRAYELEM datum type, on the grounds
that we don't need it anymore.  This might be a little controversial
too, because there was still one way to reach the code: GET DIAGNOSTICS
with an array element as target would do so.  However, that seems like
a pretty weird corner case.  Reviewing the git history, I find that
I added support for that in commit 55caaaeba; but a check of the
associated discussion shows that there was no actual user request for
that, I'd just done it because it was easy and seemed more symmetric.
The amount of code involved here seems way more than is justified by
that one case, so I think we should just take it out and lose the
"feature".  (I did think about whether GET DIAGNOSTICS could be
reimplemented on top of the new infrastructure, but it wouldn't be
easy because we don't have a SQL-expression representation of the
GET DIAGNOSTICS values.  Moreover, going in that direction would add
an expression evaluation, making GET DIAGNOSTICS slower.  So I think
we should just drop it.)

            regards, tom lane

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index 1fa9f19f08..9e7f1590b5 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -12095,7 +12095,7 @@ ATPostAlterTypeParse(Oid oldId, Oid oldRelId, Oid refRelId, char *cmd,
      * parse_analyze() or the rewriter, but instead we need to pass them
      * through parse_utilcmd.c to make them ready for execution.
      */
-    raw_parsetree_list = raw_parser(cmd);
+    raw_parsetree_list = raw_parser(cmd, RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT);
     querytree_list = NIL;
     foreach(list_item, raw_parsetree_list)
     {
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index 8f341ac006..88c76dd985 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -723,6 +723,15 @@ static Node *makeRecursiveViewSelect(char *relname, List *aliases, Node *query);
  */
 %token        NOT_LA NULLS_LA WITH_LA

+/*
+ * The grammar likewise thinks these tokens are keywords, but they are never
+ * generated by the scanner.  Rather, they can be injected by parser.c as
+ * the initial token of the string (using the lookahead-token mechanism
+ * implemented there).  This provides a way to tell the grammar to parse
+ * something other than the usual list of SQL commands.
+ */
+%token        MODE_TYPE_NAME
+

 /* Precedence: lowest to highest */
 %nonassoc    SET                /* see relation_expr_opt_alias */
@@ -787,11 +796,18 @@ static Node *makeRecursiveViewSelect(char *relname, List *aliases, Node *query);

 /*
  *    The target production for the whole parse.
+ *
+ * Ordinarily we parse a list of statements, but if we see one of the
+ * special MODE_XXX symbols as first token, we parse something else.
  */
 stmtblock:    stmtmulti
             {
                 pg_yyget_extra(yyscanner)->parsetree = $1;
             }
+            | MODE_TYPE_NAME Typename
+            {
+                pg_yyget_extra(yyscanner)->parsetree = list_make1($2);
+            }
         ;

 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c
index 2709f6f9c7..633774b733 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c
@@ -719,13 +719,6 @@ pts_error_callback(void *arg)
     const char *str = (const char *) arg;

     errcontext("invalid type name \"%s\"", str);
-
-    /*
-     * Currently we just suppress any syntax error position report, rather
-     * than transforming to an "internal query" error.  It's unlikely that a
-     * type name is complex enough to need positioning.
-     */
-    errposition(0);
 }

 /*
@@ -737,11 +730,7 @@ pts_error_callback(void *arg)
 TypeName *
 typeStringToTypeName(const char *str)
 {
-    StringInfoData buf;
     List       *raw_parsetree_list;
-    SelectStmt *stmt;
-    ResTarget  *restarget;
-    TypeCast   *typecast;
     TypeName   *typeName;
     ErrorContextCallback ptserrcontext;

@@ -749,9 +738,6 @@ typeStringToTypeName(const char *str)
     if (strspn(str, " \t\n\r\f") == strlen(str))
         goto fail;

-    initStringInfo(&buf);
-    appendStringInfo(&buf, "SELECT NULL::%s", str);
-
     /*
      * Setup error traceback support in case of ereport() during parse
      */
@@ -760,58 +746,18 @@ typeStringToTypeName(const char *str)
     ptserrcontext.previous = error_context_stack;
     error_context_stack = &ptserrcontext;

-    raw_parsetree_list = raw_parser(buf.data);
+    raw_parsetree_list = raw_parser(str, RAW_PARSE_TYPE_NAME);

     error_context_stack = ptserrcontext.previous;

-    /*
-     * Make sure we got back exactly what we expected and no more; paranoia is
-     * justified since the string might contain anything.
-     */
-    if (list_length(raw_parsetree_list) != 1)
-        goto fail;
-    stmt = (SelectStmt *) linitial_node(RawStmt, raw_parsetree_list)->stmt;
-    if (stmt == NULL ||
-        !IsA(stmt, SelectStmt) ||
-        stmt->distinctClause != NIL ||
-        stmt->intoClause != NULL ||
-        stmt->fromClause != NIL ||
-        stmt->whereClause != NULL ||
-        stmt->groupClause != NIL ||
-        stmt->havingClause != NULL ||
-        stmt->windowClause != NIL ||
-        stmt->valuesLists != NIL ||
-        stmt->sortClause != NIL ||
-        stmt->limitOffset != NULL ||
-        stmt->limitCount != NULL ||
-        stmt->lockingClause != NIL ||
-        stmt->withClause != NULL ||
-        stmt->op != SETOP_NONE)
-        goto fail;
-    if (list_length(stmt->targetList) != 1)
-        goto fail;
-    restarget = (ResTarget *) linitial(stmt->targetList);
-    if (restarget == NULL ||
-        !IsA(restarget, ResTarget) ||
-        restarget->name != NULL ||
-        restarget->indirection != NIL)
-        goto fail;
-    typecast = (TypeCast *) restarget->val;
-    if (typecast == NULL ||
-        !IsA(typecast, TypeCast) ||
-        typecast->arg == NULL ||
-        !IsA(typecast->arg, A_Const))
-        goto fail;
+    /* We should get back exactly one TypeName node. */
+    Assert(list_length(raw_parsetree_list) == 1);
+    typeName = linitial_node(TypeName, raw_parsetree_list);

-    typeName = typecast->typeName;
-    if (typeName == NULL ||
-        !IsA(typeName, TypeName))
-        goto fail;
+    /* The grammar allows SETOF in TypeName, but we don't want that here. */
     if (typeName->setof)
         goto fail;

-    pfree(buf.data);
-
     return typeName;

 fail:
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parser.c b/src/backend/parser/parser.c
index be86eb37fe..b04be3bca5 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parser.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parser.c
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ static char *str_udeescape(const char *str, char escape,
  * raw_parser
  *        Given a query in string form, do lexical and grammatical analysis.
  *
- * Returns a list of raw (un-analyzed) parse trees.  The immediate elements
- * of the list are always RawStmt nodes.
+ * Returns a list of raw (un-analyzed) parse trees.  The contents of the
+ * list have the form required by the specified RawParseMode.
  */
 List *
-raw_parser(const char *str)
+raw_parser(const char *str, RawParseMode mode)
 {
     core_yyscan_t yyscanner;
     base_yy_extra_type yyextra;
@@ -49,8 +49,22 @@ raw_parser(const char *str)
     yyscanner = scanner_init(str, &yyextra.core_yy_extra,
                              &ScanKeywords, ScanKeywordTokens);

-    /* base_yylex() only needs this much initialization */
-    yyextra.have_lookahead = false;
+    /* base_yylex() only needs us to initialize the lookahead token, if any */
+    if (mode == RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT)
+        yyextra.have_lookahead = false;
+    else
+    {
+        /* this array is indexed by RawParseMode enum */
+        static const int mode_token[] = {
+            0,                    /* RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT */
+            MODE_TYPE_NAME        /* RAW_PARSE_TYPE_NAME */
+        };
+
+        yyextra.have_lookahead = true;
+        yyextra.lookahead_token = mode_token[mode];
+        yyextra.lookahead_yylloc = 0;
+        yyextra.lookahead_end = NULL;
+    }

     /* initialize the bison parser */
     parser_init(&yyextra);
@@ -104,7 +118,8 @@ base_yylex(YYSTYPE *lvalp, YYLTYPE *llocp, core_yyscan_t yyscanner)
         cur_token = yyextra->lookahead_token;
         lvalp->core_yystype = yyextra->lookahead_yylval;
         *llocp = yyextra->lookahead_yylloc;
-        *(yyextra->lookahead_end) = yyextra->lookahead_hold_char;
+        if (yyextra->lookahead_end)
+            *(yyextra->lookahead_end) = yyextra->lookahead_hold_char;
         yyextra->have_lookahead = false;
     }
     else
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
index 3679799e50..64c06f615b 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ pg_parse_query(const char *query_string)
     if (log_parser_stats)
         ResetUsage();

-    raw_parsetree_list = raw_parser(query_string);
+    raw_parsetree_list = raw_parser(query_string, RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT);

     if (log_parser_stats)
         ShowUsage("PARSER STATISTICS");
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parser.h b/src/include/parser/parser.h
index 3bdeeb8b0b..ebbcb788cc 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parser.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parser.h
@@ -18,6 +18,24 @@
 #include "nodes/parsenodes.h"


+/*
+ * RawParseMode determines the form of the string that raw_parser() accepts:
+ *
+ * RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT: parse a semicolon-separated list of SQL commands,
+ * and return a List of RawStmt nodes.
+ *
+ * RAW_PARSE_TYPE_NAME: parse a type name, and return a one-element List
+ * containing a TypeName node.
+ *
+ * ... more to come ...
+ */
+typedef enum
+{
+    RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT = 0,
+    RAW_PARSE_TYPE_NAME
+} RawParseMode;
+
+/* Values for the backslash_quote GUC */
 typedef enum
 {
     BACKSLASH_QUOTE_OFF,
@@ -32,7 +50,7 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT bool standard_conforming_strings;


 /* Primary entry point for the raw parsing functions */
-extern List *raw_parser(const char *str);
+extern List *raw_parser(const char *str, RawParseMode mode);

 /* Utility functions exported by gram.y (perhaps these should be elsewhere) */
 extern List *SystemFuncName(char *name);
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
index 8227bf0449..26732d875e 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
@@ -3661,7 +3661,7 @@ check_sql_expr(const char *stmt, int location, int leaderlen)
     error_context_stack = &syntax_errcontext;

     oldCxt = MemoryContextSwitchTo(plpgsql_compile_tmp_cxt);
-    (void) raw_parser(stmt);
+    (void) raw_parser(stmt, RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT);
     MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldCxt);

     /* Restore former ereport callback */
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml
index 7752de0a4d..f0dcba946e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml
@@ -1105,6 +1105,11 @@ SPIPlanPtr SPI_prepare_cursor(const char * <parameter>command</parameter>, int <
    for the <structfield>options</structfield> field of <structname>DeclareCursorStmt</structname>.
    <function>SPI_prepare</function> always takes the cursor options as zero.
   </para>
+
+  <para>
+   This function is now deprecated in favor
+   of <function>SPI_prepare_extended</function>.
+  </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
@@ -1176,6 +1181,122 @@ SPIPlanPtr SPI_prepare_cursor(const char * <parameter>command</parameter>, int <

 <!-- *********************************************** -->

+<refentry id="spi-spi-prepare-extended">
+ <indexterm><primary>SPI_prepare_extended</primary></indexterm>
+
+ <refmeta>
+  <refentrytitle>SPI_prepare_extended</refentrytitle>
+  <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>SPI_prepare_extended</refname>
+  <refpurpose>prepare a statement, without executing it yet</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<synopsis>
+SPIPlanPtr SPI_prepare_extended(const char * <parameter>command</parameter>,
+                                const SPIPrepareOptions * <parameter>options</parameter>)
+</synopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Description</title>
+
+  <para>
+   <function>SPI_prepare_extended</function> creates and returns a prepared
+   statement for the specified command, but doesn't execute the command.
+   This function is equivalent to <function>SPI_prepare</function>,
+   with the addition that the caller can specify options to control
+   the parsing of external parameter references, as well as other facets
+   of query parsing and planning.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Arguments</title>
+
+  <variablelist>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><literal>const char * <parameter>command</parameter></literal></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      command string
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><literal>const SPIPrepareOptions * <parameter>options</parameter></literal></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      struct containing optional arguments
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+  </variablelist>
+
+  <para>
+   Callers should always zero out the entire <parameter>options</parameter>
+   struct, then fill whichever fields they want to set.  This ensures forward
+   compatibility of code, since any fields that are added to the struct in
+   future will be defined to behave backwards-compatibly if they are zero.
+   The currently available <parameter>options</parameter> fields are:
+  </para>
+
+  <variablelist>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><literal>ParserSetupHook <parameter>parserSetup</parameter></literal></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Parser hook setup function
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><literal>void * <parameter>parserSetupArg</parameter></literal></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      pass-through argument for <parameter>parserSetup</parameter>
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><literal>RawParseMode <parameter>parseMode</parameter></literal></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      mode for raw parsing; <literal>RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT</literal> (zero)
+      produces default behavior
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><literal>int <parameter>cursorOptions</parameter></literal></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      integer bit mask of cursor options; zero produces default behavior
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+  </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Return Value</title>
+
+  <para>
+   <function>SPI_prepare_extended</function> has the same return conventions as
+   <function>SPI_prepare</function>.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
+<!-- *********************************************** -->
+
 <refentry id="spi-spi-prepare-params">
  <indexterm><primary>SPI_prepare_params</primary></indexterm>

@@ -1208,6 +1329,11 @@ SPIPlanPtr SPI_prepare_params(const char * <parameter>command</parameter>,
    with the addition that the caller can specify parser hook functions
    to control the parsing of external parameter references.
   </para>
+
+  <para>
+   This function is now deprecated in favor
+   of <function>SPI_prepare_extended</function>.
+  </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/spi.c b/src/backend/executor/spi.c
index 055ebb77ae..3acf88e67c 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/spi.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/spi.c
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ SPI_execute(const char *src, bool read_only, long tcount)

     memset(&plan, 0, sizeof(_SPI_plan));
     plan.magic = _SPI_PLAN_MAGIC;
+    plan.parse_mode = RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT;
     plan.cursor_options = CURSOR_OPT_PARALLEL_OK;

     _SPI_prepare_oneshot_plan(src, &plan);
@@ -681,6 +682,7 @@ SPI_execute_with_args(const char *src,

     memset(&plan, 0, sizeof(_SPI_plan));
     plan.magic = _SPI_PLAN_MAGIC;
+    plan.parse_mode = RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT;
     plan.cursor_options = CURSOR_OPT_PARALLEL_OK;
     plan.nargs = nargs;
     plan.argtypes = argtypes;
@@ -726,6 +728,7 @@ SPI_execute_with_receiver(const char *src,

     memset(&plan, 0, sizeof(_SPI_plan));
     plan.magic = _SPI_PLAN_MAGIC;
+    plan.parse_mode = RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT;
     plan.cursor_options = CURSOR_OPT_PARALLEL_OK;
     if (params)
     {
@@ -768,6 +771,7 @@ SPI_prepare_cursor(const char *src, int nargs, Oid *argtypes,

     memset(&plan, 0, sizeof(_SPI_plan));
     plan.magic = _SPI_PLAN_MAGIC;
+    plan.parse_mode = RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT;
     plan.cursor_options = cursorOptions;
     plan.nargs = nargs;
     plan.argtypes = argtypes;
@@ -784,6 +788,42 @@ SPI_prepare_cursor(const char *src, int nargs, Oid *argtypes,
     return result;
 }

+SPIPlanPtr
+SPI_prepare_extended(const char *src,
+                     const SPIPrepareOptions *options)
+{
+    _SPI_plan    plan;
+    SPIPlanPtr    result;
+
+    if (src == NULL || options == NULL)
+    {
+        SPI_result = SPI_ERROR_ARGUMENT;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    SPI_result = _SPI_begin_call(true);
+    if (SPI_result < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    memset(&plan, 0, sizeof(_SPI_plan));
+    plan.magic = _SPI_PLAN_MAGIC;
+    plan.parse_mode = options->parseMode;
+    plan.cursor_options = options->cursorOptions;
+    plan.nargs = 0;
+    plan.argtypes = NULL;
+    plan.parserSetup = options->parserSetup;
+    plan.parserSetupArg = options->parserSetupArg;
+
+    _SPI_prepare_plan(src, &plan);
+
+    /* copy plan to procedure context */
+    result = _SPI_make_plan_non_temp(&plan);
+
+    _SPI_end_call(true);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 SPIPlanPtr
 SPI_prepare_params(const char *src,
                    ParserSetupHook parserSetup,
@@ -805,6 +845,7 @@ SPI_prepare_params(const char *src,

     memset(&plan, 0, sizeof(_SPI_plan));
     plan.magic = _SPI_PLAN_MAGIC;
+    plan.parse_mode = RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT;
     plan.cursor_options = cursorOptions;
     plan.nargs = 0;
     plan.argtypes = NULL;
@@ -1340,6 +1381,7 @@ SPI_cursor_open_with_args(const char *name,

     memset(&plan, 0, sizeof(_SPI_plan));
     plan.magic = _SPI_PLAN_MAGIC;
+    plan.parse_mode = RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT;
     plan.cursor_options = cursorOptions;
     plan.nargs = nargs;
     plan.argtypes = argtypes;
@@ -1400,6 +1442,7 @@ SPI_cursor_parse_open_with_paramlist(const char *name,

     memset(&plan, 0, sizeof(_SPI_plan));
     plan.magic = _SPI_PLAN_MAGIC;
+    plan.parse_mode = RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT;
     plan.cursor_options = cursorOptions;
     if (params)
     {
@@ -2036,7 +2079,8 @@ spi_printtup(TupleTableSlot *slot, DestReceiver *self)
  * Parse and analyze a querystring.
  *
  * At entry, plan->argtypes and plan->nargs (or alternatively plan->parserSetup
- * and plan->parserSetupArg) must be valid, as must plan->cursor_options.
+ * and plan->parserSetupArg) must be valid, as must plan->parse_mode and
+ * plan->cursor_options.
  *
  * Results are stored into *plan (specifically, plan->plancache_list).
  * Note that the result data is all in CurrentMemoryContext or child contexts
@@ -2063,7 +2107,7 @@ _SPI_prepare_plan(const char *src, SPIPlanPtr plan)
     /*
      * Parse the request string into a list of raw parse trees.
      */
-    raw_parsetree_list = pg_parse_query(src);
+    raw_parsetree_list = raw_parser(src, plan->parse_mode);

     /*
      * Do parse analysis and rule rewrite for each raw parsetree, storing the
@@ -2168,7 +2212,7 @@ _SPI_prepare_oneshot_plan(const char *src, SPIPlanPtr plan)
     /*
      * Parse the request string into a list of raw parse trees.
      */
-    raw_parsetree_list = pg_parse_query(src);
+    raw_parsetree_list = raw_parser(src, plan->parse_mode);

     /*
      * Construct plancache entries, but don't do parse analysis yet.
@@ -2866,6 +2910,7 @@ _SPI_make_plan_non_temp(SPIPlanPtr plan)
     newplan = (SPIPlanPtr) palloc0(sizeof(_SPI_plan));
     newplan->magic = _SPI_PLAN_MAGIC;
     newplan->plancxt = plancxt;
+    newplan->parse_mode = plan->parse_mode;
     newplan->cursor_options = plan->cursor_options;
     newplan->nargs = plan->nargs;
     if (plan->nargs > 0)
@@ -2930,6 +2975,7 @@ _SPI_save_plan(SPIPlanPtr plan)
     newplan = (SPIPlanPtr) palloc0(sizeof(_SPI_plan));
     newplan->magic = _SPI_PLAN_MAGIC;
     newplan->plancxt = plancxt;
+    newplan->parse_mode = plan->parse_mode;
     newplan->cursor_options = plan->cursor_options;
     newplan->nargs = plan->nargs;
     if (plan->nargs > 0)
diff --git a/src/include/executor/spi.h b/src/include/executor/spi.h
index 896ec0a2ad..8ff4236c8f 100644
--- a/src/include/executor/spi.h
+++ b/src/include/executor/spi.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@

 #include "commands/trigger.h"
 #include "lib/ilist.h"
-#include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
+#include "parser/parser.h"
 #include "utils/portal.h"


@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ typedef struct SPITupleTable
     SubTransactionId subid;        /* subxact in which tuptable was created */
 } SPITupleTable;

+/* Optional arguments for SPI_prepare_extended */
+typedef struct SPIPrepareOptions
+{
+    ParserSetupHook parserSetup;
+    void       *parserSetupArg;
+    RawParseMode parseMode;
+    int            cursorOptions;
+} SPIPrepareOptions;
+
 /* Plans are opaque structs for standard users of SPI */
 typedef struct _SPI_plan *SPIPlanPtr;

@@ -113,6 +122,8 @@ extern int    SPI_execute_with_receiver(const char *src,
 extern SPIPlanPtr SPI_prepare(const char *src, int nargs, Oid *argtypes);
 extern SPIPlanPtr SPI_prepare_cursor(const char *src, int nargs, Oid *argtypes,
                                      int cursorOptions);
+extern SPIPlanPtr SPI_prepare_extended(const char *src,
+                                       const SPIPrepareOptions *options);
 extern SPIPlanPtr SPI_prepare_params(const char *src,
                                      ParserSetupHook parserSetup,
                                      void *parserSetupArg,
diff --git a/src/include/executor/spi_priv.h b/src/include/executor/spi_priv.h
index 6220928bd3..9c99aeb84e 100644
--- a/src/include/executor/spi_priv.h
+++ b/src/include/executor/spi_priv.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ typedef struct _SPI_plan
     bool        no_snapshots;    /* let the caller handle the snapshots */
     List       *plancache_list; /* one CachedPlanSource per parsetree */
     MemoryContext plancxt;        /* Context containing _SPI_plan and data */
+    RawParseMode parse_mode;    /* raw_parser() mode */
     int            cursor_options; /* Cursor options used for planning */
     int            nargs;            /* number of plan arguments */
     Oid           *argtypes;        /* Argument types (NULL if nargs is 0) */
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
index ccbc50fc45..86f5e9fd24 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
@@ -4170,6 +4170,7 @@ exec_prepare_plan(PLpgSQL_execstate *estate,
                   bool keepplan)
 {
     SPIPlanPtr    plan;
+    SPIPrepareOptions options;

     /*
      * The grammar can't conveniently set expr->func while building the parse
@@ -4180,12 +4181,14 @@ exec_prepare_plan(PLpgSQL_execstate *estate,
     /*
      * Generate and save the plan
      */
-    plan = SPI_prepare_params(expr->query,
-                              (ParserSetupHook) plpgsql_parser_setup,
-                              (void *) expr,
-                              cursorOptions);
+    memset(&options, 0, sizeof(options));
+    options.parserSetup = (ParserSetupHook) plpgsql_parser_setup;
+    options.parserSetupArg = (void *) expr;
+    options.parseMode = RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT;
+    options.cursorOptions = cursorOptions;
+    plan = SPI_prepare_extended(expr->query, &options);
     if (plan == NULL)
-        elog(ERROR, "SPI_prepare_params failed for \"%s\": %s",
+        elog(ERROR, "SPI_prepare_extended failed for \"%s\": %s",
              expr->query, SPI_result_code_string(SPI_result));
     if (keepplan)
         SPI_keepplan(plan);
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/spi.c b/src/backend/executor/spi.c
index 3acf88e67c..f529707458 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/spi.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/spi.c
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ static _SPI_connection *_SPI_current = NULL;
 static int    _SPI_stack_depth = 0;    /* allocated size of _SPI_stack */
 static int    _SPI_connected = -1;    /* current stack index */

+typedef struct SPICallbackArg
+{
+    const char *query;
+    RawParseMode mode;
+} SPICallbackArg;
+
 static Portal SPI_cursor_open_internal(const char *name, SPIPlanPtr plan,
                                        ParamListInfo paramLI, bool read_only);

@@ -1479,6 +1485,7 @@ SPI_cursor_open_internal(const char *name, SPIPlanPtr plan,
     Snapshot    snapshot;
     MemoryContext oldcontext;
     Portal        portal;
+    SPICallbackArg spicallbackarg;
     ErrorContextCallback spierrcontext;

     /*
@@ -1533,8 +1540,10 @@ SPI_cursor_open_internal(const char *name, SPIPlanPtr plan,
      * Setup error traceback support for ereport(), in case GetCachedPlan
      * throws an error.
      */
+    spicallbackarg.query = plansource->query_string;
+    spicallbackarg.mode = plan->parse_mode;
     spierrcontext.callback = _SPI_error_callback;
-    spierrcontext.arg = unconstify(char *, plansource->query_string);
+    spierrcontext.arg = &spicallbackarg;
     spierrcontext.previous = error_context_stack;
     error_context_stack = &spierrcontext;

@@ -1952,6 +1961,7 @@ SPI_plan_get_cached_plan(SPIPlanPtr plan)
 {
     CachedPlanSource *plansource;
     CachedPlan *cplan;
+    SPICallbackArg spicallbackarg;
     ErrorContextCallback spierrcontext;

     Assert(plan->magic == _SPI_PLAN_MAGIC);
@@ -1966,8 +1976,10 @@ SPI_plan_get_cached_plan(SPIPlanPtr plan)
     plansource = (CachedPlanSource *) linitial(plan->plancache_list);

     /* Setup error traceback support for ereport() */
+    spicallbackarg.query = plansource->query_string;
+    spicallbackarg.mode = plan->parse_mode;
     spierrcontext.callback = _SPI_error_callback;
-    spierrcontext.arg = unconstify(char *, plansource->query_string);
+    spierrcontext.arg = &spicallbackarg;
     spierrcontext.previous = error_context_stack;
     error_context_stack = &spierrcontext;

@@ -2094,13 +2106,16 @@ _SPI_prepare_plan(const char *src, SPIPlanPtr plan)
     List       *raw_parsetree_list;
     List       *plancache_list;
     ListCell   *list_item;
+    SPICallbackArg spicallbackarg;
     ErrorContextCallback spierrcontext;

     /*
      * Setup error traceback support for ereport()
      */
+    spicallbackarg.query = src;
+    spicallbackarg.mode = plan->parse_mode;
     spierrcontext.callback = _SPI_error_callback;
-    spierrcontext.arg = unconstify(char *, src);
+    spierrcontext.arg = &spicallbackarg;
     spierrcontext.previous = error_context_stack;
     error_context_stack = &spierrcontext;

@@ -2199,13 +2214,16 @@ _SPI_prepare_oneshot_plan(const char *src, SPIPlanPtr plan)
     List       *raw_parsetree_list;
     List       *plancache_list;
     ListCell   *list_item;
+    SPICallbackArg spicallbackarg;
     ErrorContextCallback spierrcontext;

     /*
      * Setup error traceback support for ereport()
      */
+    spicallbackarg.query = src;
+    spicallbackarg.mode = plan->parse_mode;
     spierrcontext.callback = _SPI_error_callback;
-    spierrcontext.arg = unconstify(char *, src);
+    spierrcontext.arg = &spicallbackarg;
     spierrcontext.previous = error_context_stack;
     error_context_stack = &spierrcontext;

@@ -2263,6 +2281,7 @@ _SPI_execute_plan(SPIPlanPtr plan, ParamListInfo paramLI,
     SPITupleTable *my_tuptable = NULL;
     int            res = 0;
     bool        pushed_active_snap = false;
+    SPICallbackArg spicallbackarg;
     ErrorContextCallback spierrcontext;
     CachedPlan *cplan = NULL;
     ListCell   *lc1;
@@ -2270,8 +2289,10 @@ _SPI_execute_plan(SPIPlanPtr plan, ParamListInfo paramLI,
     /*
      * Setup error traceback support for ereport()
      */
+    spicallbackarg.query = NULL;    /* we'll fill this below */
+    spicallbackarg.mode = plan->parse_mode;
     spierrcontext.callback = _SPI_error_callback;
-    spierrcontext.arg = NULL;    /* we'll fill this below */
+    spierrcontext.arg = &spicallbackarg;
     spierrcontext.previous = error_context_stack;
     error_context_stack = &spierrcontext;

@@ -2318,7 +2339,7 @@ _SPI_execute_plan(SPIPlanPtr plan, ParamListInfo paramLI,
         List       *stmt_list;
         ListCell   *lc2;

-        spierrcontext.arg = unconstify(char *, plansource->query_string);
+        spicallbackarg.query = plansource->query_string;

         /*
          * If this is a one-shot plan, we still need to do parse analysis.
@@ -2722,7 +2743,8 @@ _SPI_pquery(QueryDesc *queryDesc, bool fire_triggers, uint64 tcount)
 static void
 _SPI_error_callback(void *arg)
 {
-    const char *query = (const char *) arg;
+    SPICallbackArg *carg = (SPICallbackArg *) arg;
+    const char *query = carg->query;
     int            syntaxerrposition;

     if (query == NULL)            /* in case arg wasn't set yet */
@@ -2740,7 +2762,18 @@ _SPI_error_callback(void *arg)
         internalerrquery(query);
     }
     else
-        errcontext("SQL statement \"%s\"", query);
+    {
+        /* Use the parse mode to decide how to describe the query */
+        switch (carg->mode)
+        {
+            case RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR:
+                errcontext("SQL expression \"%s\"", query);
+                break;
+            default:
+                errcontext("SQL statement \"%s\"", query);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
 }

 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index 88c76dd985..4c58b46651 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ static Node *makeRecursiveViewSelect(char *relname, List *aliases, Node *query);

 %type <node>    select_no_parens select_with_parens select_clause
                 simple_select values_clause
+                PLpgSQL_Expr

 %type <node>    alter_column_default opclass_item opclass_drop alter_using
 %type <ival>    add_drop opt_asc_desc opt_nulls_order
@@ -731,6 +732,7 @@ static Node *makeRecursiveViewSelect(char *relname, List *aliases, Node *query);
  * something other than the usual list of SQL commands.
  */
 %token        MODE_TYPE_NAME
+%token        MODE_PLPGSQL_EXPR


 /* Precedence: lowest to highest */
@@ -808,6 +810,11 @@ stmtblock:    stmtmulti
             {
                 pg_yyget_extra(yyscanner)->parsetree = list_make1($2);
             }
+            | MODE_PLPGSQL_EXPR PLpgSQL_Expr
+            {
+                pg_yyget_extra(yyscanner)->parsetree =
+                    list_make1(makeRawStmt($2, 0));
+            }
         ;

 /*
@@ -15022,6 +15029,47 @@ role_list:    RoleSpec
                     { $$ = lappend($1, $3); }
         ;

+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * PL/pgSQL extensions
+ *
+ * You'd think a PL/pgSQL "expression" should be just an a_expr, but
+ * historically it can include just about anything that can follow SELECT.
+ * Therefore the returned struct is a SelectStmt.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+PLpgSQL_Expr: opt_target_list
+            from_clause where_clause
+            group_clause having_clause window_clause
+            opt_sort_clause opt_select_limit opt_for_locking_clause
+                {
+                    SelectStmt *n = makeNode(SelectStmt);
+
+                    n->targetList = $1;
+                    n->fromClause = $2;
+                    n->whereClause = $3;
+                    n->groupClause = $4;
+                    n->havingClause = $5;
+                    n->windowClause = $6;
+                    n->sortClause = $7;
+                    if ($8)
+                    {
+                        n->limitOffset = $8->limitOffset;
+                        n->limitCount = $8->limitCount;
+                        if (!n->sortClause &&
+                            $8->limitOption == LIMIT_OPTION_WITH_TIES)
+                            ereport(ERROR,
+                                    (errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+                                     errmsg("WITH TIES cannot be specified without ORDER BY clause")));
+                        n->limitOption = $8->limitOption;
+                    }
+                    n->lockingClause = $9;
+                    $$ = (Node *) n;
+                }
+        ;
+
+
 /*
  * Name classification hierarchy.
  *
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parser.c b/src/backend/parser/parser.c
index b04be3bca5..71df8ef022 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parser.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parser.c
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ raw_parser(const char *str, RawParseMode mode)
         /* this array is indexed by RawParseMode enum */
         static const int mode_token[] = {
             0,                    /* RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT */
-            MODE_TYPE_NAME        /* RAW_PARSE_TYPE_NAME */
+            MODE_TYPE_NAME,        /* RAW_PARSE_TYPE_NAME */
+            MODE_PLPGSQL_EXPR    /* RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR */
         };

         yyextra.have_lookahead = true;
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parser.h b/src/include/parser/parser.h
index ebbcb788cc..3b7dab17ef 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parser.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parser.h
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@
  * RAW_PARSE_TYPE_NAME: parse a type name, and return a one-element List
  * containing a TypeName node.
  *
- * ... more to come ...
+ * RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR: parse a PL/pgSQL expression, and return
+ * a one-element List containing a RawStmt node.
  */
 typedef enum
 {
     RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT = 0,
-    RAW_PARSE_TYPE_NAME
+    RAW_PARSE_TYPE_NAME,
+    RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR
 } RawParseMode;

 /* Values for the backslash_quote GUC */
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/parse.pl b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/parse.pl
index 52ba7dfa0c..2b254c2b77 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/parse.pl
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/parse.pl
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ my %replace_types = (
     'ColId'              => 'ignore',
     'type_function_name' => 'ignore',
     'ColLabel'           => 'ignore',
-    'Sconst'             => 'ignore',);
+    'Sconst'             => 'ignore',
+    'PLpgSQL_Expr'       => 'ignore',);

 # these replace_line commands excise certain keywords from the core keyword
 # lists.  Be sure to account for these in ColLabel and related productions.
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_record.out b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_record.out
index cf6089cbb2..52207e9b10 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_record.out
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_record.out
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ NOTICE:  r1.q1 = <NULL>
 NOTICE:  r1.q2 = <NULL>
 NOTICE:  r1 = <NULL>
 ERROR:  record "r1" has no field "nosuchfield"
-CONTEXT:  SQL statement "SELECT r1.nosuchfield"
+CONTEXT:  SQL expression "r1.nosuchfield"
 PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 7 at RAISE
 -- records, not so much
 do $$
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ end$$;
 NOTICE:  r1 = <NULL>
 ERROR:  record "r1" is not assigned yet
 DETAIL:  The tuple structure of a not-yet-assigned record is indeterminate.
-CONTEXT:  SQL statement "SELECT r1.f1"
+CONTEXT:  SQL expression "r1.f1"
 PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 5 at RAISE
 -- but OK if you assign first
 do $$
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ NOTICE:  r1.f1 = 1
 NOTICE:  r1.f2 = 2
 NOTICE:  r1 = (1,2)
 ERROR:  record "r1" has no field "nosuchfield"
-CONTEXT:  SQL statement "SELECT r1.nosuchfield"
+CONTEXT:  SQL expression "r1.nosuchfield"
 PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 9 at RAISE
 -- check repeated assignments to composite fields
 create table some_table (id int, data text);
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ create function getf3(x mutable) returns int language plpgsql as
 $$ begin return x.f3; end $$;
 select getf3(null::mutable);  -- doesn't work yet
 ERROR:  record "x" has no field "f3"
-CONTEXT:  SQL statement "SELECT x.f3"
+CONTEXT:  SQL expression "x.f3"
 PL/pgSQL function getf3(mutable) line 1 at RETURN
 alter table mutable add column f3 int;
 select getf3(null::mutable);  -- now it works
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_varprops.out b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_varprops.out
index 18f03d75b4..3801dccc95 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_varprops.out
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_varprops.out
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ begin
   raise notice 'x = %', x;
 end$$;
 ERROR:  division by zero
-CONTEXT:  SQL statement "SELECT 1/0"
+CONTEXT:  SQL expression "1/0"
 PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 3 during statement block local variable initialization
 do $$
 declare x bigint[] := array[1,3,5];
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
index 86f5e9fd24..f56dcd0e79 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
@@ -4184,7 +4184,7 @@ exec_prepare_plan(PLpgSQL_execstate *estate,
     memset(&options, 0, sizeof(options));
     options.parserSetup = (ParserSetupHook) plpgsql_parser_setup;
     options.parserSetupArg = (void *) expr;
-    options.parseMode = RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT;
+    options.parseMode = expr->parseMode;
     options.cursorOptions = cursorOptions;
     plan = SPI_prepare_extended(expr->query, &options);
     if (plan == NULL)
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
index 26732d875e..3b36220d73 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 typedef struct
 {
     int            location;
-    int            leaderlen;
 } sql_error_callback_arg;

 #define parser_errposition(pos)  plpgsql_scanner_errposition(pos)
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ static    PLpgSQL_expr    *read_sql_construct(int until,
                                             int until2,
                                             int until3,
                                             const char *expected,
-                                            const char *sqlstart,
+                                            RawParseMode parsemode,
                                             bool isexpression,
                                             bool valid_sql,
                                             bool trim,
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ static    PLpgSQL_expr    *read_sql_expression(int until,
 static    PLpgSQL_expr    *read_sql_expression2(int until, int until2,
                                               const char *expected,
                                               int *endtoken);
-static    PLpgSQL_expr    *read_sql_stmt(const char *sqlstart);
+static    PLpgSQL_expr    *read_sql_stmt(void);
 static    PLpgSQL_type    *read_datatype(int tok);
 static    PLpgSQL_stmt    *make_execsql_stmt(int firsttoken, int location);
 static    PLpgSQL_stmt_fetch *read_fetch_direction(void);
@@ -99,8 +98,8 @@ static    PLpgSQL_row        *read_into_scalar_list(char *initial_name,
 static    PLpgSQL_row        *make_scalar_list1(char *initial_name,
                                            PLpgSQL_datum *initial_datum,
                                            int lineno, int location);
-static    void             check_sql_expr(const char *stmt, int location,
-                                        int leaderlen);
+static    void             check_sql_expr(const char *stmt,
+                                        RawParseMode parseMode, int location);
 static    void             plpgsql_sql_error_callback(void *arg);
 static    PLpgSQL_type    *parse_datatype(const char *string, int location);
 static    void             check_labels(const char *start_label,
@@ -540,7 +539,7 @@ decl_statement    : decl_varname decl_const decl_datatype decl_collate decl_notnull
                     {
                         PLpgSQL_var *new;
                         PLpgSQL_expr *curname_def;
-                        char        buf[1024];
+                        char        buf[NAMEDATALEN * 2 + 64];
                         char        *cp1;
                         char        *cp2;

@@ -557,9 +556,9 @@ decl_statement    : decl_varname decl_const decl_datatype decl_collate decl_notnull

                         curname_def = palloc0(sizeof(PLpgSQL_expr));

-                        strcpy(buf, "SELECT ");
+                        /* Note: refname has been truncated to NAMEDATALEN */
                         cp1 = new->refname;
-                        cp2 = buf + strlen(buf);
+                        cp2 = buf;
                         /*
                          * Don't trust standard_conforming_strings here;
                          * it might change before we use the string.
@@ -575,6 +574,7 @@ decl_statement    : decl_varname decl_const decl_datatype decl_collate decl_notnull
                         }
                         strcpy(cp2, "'::pg_catalog.refcursor");
                         curname_def->query = pstrdup(buf);
+                        curname_def->parseMode = RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR;
                         new->default_val = curname_def;

                         new->cursor_explicit_expr = $7;
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ opt_scrollable :

 decl_cursor_query :
                     {
-                        $$ = read_sql_stmt("");
+                        $$ = read_sql_stmt();
                     }
                 ;

@@ -904,15 +904,37 @@ proc_stmt        : pl_block ';'
                         { $$ = $1; }
                 ;

-stmt_perform    : K_PERFORM expr_until_semi
+stmt_perform    : K_PERFORM
                     {
                         PLpgSQL_stmt_perform *new;
+                        int        startloc;

                         new = palloc0(sizeof(PLpgSQL_stmt_perform));
                         new->cmd_type = PLPGSQL_STMT_PERFORM;
                         new->lineno   = plpgsql_location_to_lineno(@1);
                         new->stmtid = ++plpgsql_curr_compile->nstatements;
-                        new->expr  = $2;
+                        plpgsql_push_back_token(K_PERFORM);
+
+                        /*
+                         * Since PERFORM isn't legal SQL, we have to cheat to
+                         * the extent of substituting "SELECT" for "PERFORM"
+                         * in the parsed text.  It does not seem worth
+                         * inventing a separate parse mode for this one case.
+                         * We can't do syntax-checking until after we make the
+                         * substitution.
+                         */
+                        new->expr = read_sql_construct(';', 0, 0, ";",
+                                                       RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT,
+                                                       false, false, true,
+                                                       &startloc, NULL);
+                        /* overwrite "perform" ... */
+                        memcpy(new->expr->query, " SELECT", 7);
+                        /* left-justify to get rid of the leading space */
+                        memmove(new->expr->query, new->expr->query + 1,
+                                strlen(new->expr->query));
+                        /* offset syntax error position to account for that */
+                        check_sql_expr(new->expr->query, new->expr->parseMode,
+                                       startloc + 1);

                         $$ = (PLpgSQL_stmt *)new;
                     }
@@ -926,7 +948,8 @@ stmt_call        : K_CALL
                         new->cmd_type = PLPGSQL_STMT_CALL;
                         new->lineno = plpgsql_location_to_lineno(@1);
                         new->stmtid = ++plpgsql_curr_compile->nstatements;
-                        new->expr = read_sql_stmt("CALL ");
+                        plpgsql_push_back_token(K_CALL);
+                        new->expr = read_sql_stmt();
                         new->is_call = true;

                         $$ = (PLpgSQL_stmt *)new;
@@ -941,7 +964,8 @@ stmt_call        : K_CALL
                         new->cmd_type = PLPGSQL_STMT_CALL;
                         new->lineno = plpgsql_location_to_lineno(@1);
                         new->stmtid = ++plpgsql_curr_compile->nstatements;
-                        new->expr = read_sql_stmt("DO ");
+                        plpgsql_push_back_token(K_DO);
+                        new->expr = read_sql_stmt();
                         new->is_call = false;

                         $$ = (PLpgSQL_stmt *)new;
@@ -1452,16 +1476,16 @@ for_control        : for_variable K_IN

                             /*
                              * Read tokens until we see either a ".."
-                             * or a LOOP. The text we read may not
-                             * necessarily be a well-formed SQL
-                             * statement, so we need to invoke
-                             * read_sql_construct directly.
+                             * or a LOOP.  The text we read may be either
+                             * an expression or a whole SQL statement, so
+                             * we need to invoke read_sql_construct directly,
+                             * and tell it not to check syntax yet.
                              */
                             expr1 = read_sql_construct(DOT_DOT,
                                                        K_LOOP,
                                                        0,
                                                        "LOOP",
-                                                       "SELECT ",
+                                                       RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT,
                                                        true,
                                                        false,
                                                        true,
@@ -1476,8 +1500,13 @@ for_control        : for_variable K_IN
                                 PLpgSQL_var            *fvar;
                                 PLpgSQL_stmt_fori    *new;

-                                /* Check first expression is well-formed */
-                                check_sql_expr(expr1->query, expr1loc, 7);
+                                /*
+                                 * Relabel first expression as an expression;
+                                 * then we can check its syntax.
+                                 */
+                                expr1->parseMode = RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR;
+                                check_sql_expr(expr1->query, expr1->parseMode,
+                                               expr1loc);

                                 /* Read and check the second one */
                                 expr2 = read_sql_expression2(K_LOOP, K_BY,
@@ -1522,12 +1551,8 @@ for_control        : for_variable K_IN
                             else
                             {
                                 /*
-                                 * No "..", so it must be a query loop. We've
-                                 * prefixed an extra SELECT to the query text,
-                                 * so we need to remove that before performing
-                                 * syntax checking.
+                                 * No "..", so it must be a query loop.
                                  */
-                                char                *tmp_query;
                                 PLpgSQL_stmt_fors    *new;

                                 if (reverse)
@@ -1536,12 +1561,9 @@ for_control        : for_variable K_IN
                                              errmsg("cannot specify REVERSE in query FOR loop"),
                                              parser_errposition(tokloc)));

-                                Assert(strncmp(expr1->query, "SELECT ", 7) == 0);
-                                tmp_query = pstrdup(expr1->query + 7);
-                                pfree(expr1->query);
-                                expr1->query = tmp_query;
-
-                                check_sql_expr(expr1->query, expr1loc, 0);
+                                /* Check syntax as a regular query */
+                                check_sql_expr(expr1->query, expr1->parseMode,
+                                               expr1loc);

                                 new = palloc0(sizeof(PLpgSQL_stmt_fors));
                                 new->cmd_type = PLPGSQL_STMT_FORS;
@@ -1870,7 +1892,7 @@ stmt_raise        : K_RAISE

                                     expr = read_sql_construct(',', ';', K_USING,
                                                               ", or ; or USING",
-                                                              "SELECT ",
+                                                              RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR,
                                                               true, true, true,
                                                               NULL, &tok);
                                     new->params = lappend(new->params, expr);
@@ -2001,7 +2023,7 @@ stmt_dynexecute : K_EXECUTE

                         expr = read_sql_construct(K_INTO, K_USING, ';',
                                                   "INTO or USING or ;",
-                                                  "SELECT ",
+                                                  RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR,
                                                   true, true, true,
                                                   NULL, &endtoken);

@@ -2040,7 +2062,7 @@ stmt_dynexecute : K_EXECUTE
                                 {
                                     expr = read_sql_construct(',', ';', K_INTO,
                                                               ", or ; or INTO",
-                                                              "SELECT ",
+                                                              RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR,
                                                               true, true, true,
                                                               NULL, &endtoken);
                                     new->params = lappend(new->params, expr);
@@ -2122,7 +2144,7 @@ stmt_open        : K_OPEN cursor_variable
                             else
                             {
                                 plpgsql_push_back_token(tok);
-                                new->query = read_sql_stmt("");
+                                new->query = read_sql_stmt();
                             }
                         }
                         else
@@ -2246,8 +2268,8 @@ stmt_set    : K_SET
                         new->cmd_type = PLPGSQL_STMT_SET;
                         new->lineno = plpgsql_location_to_lineno(@1);
                         new->stmtid = ++plpgsql_curr_compile->nstatements;
-
-                        new->expr = read_sql_stmt("SET ");
+                        plpgsql_push_back_token(K_SET);
+                        new->expr = read_sql_stmt();

                         $$ = (PLpgSQL_stmt *)new;
                     }
@@ -2259,7 +2281,8 @@ stmt_set    : K_SET
                         new->cmd_type = PLPGSQL_STMT_SET;
                         new->lineno = plpgsql_location_to_lineno(@1);
                         new->stmtid = ++plpgsql_curr_compile->nstatements;
-                        new->expr = read_sql_stmt("RESET ");
+                        plpgsql_push_back_token(K_RESET);
+                        new->expr = read_sql_stmt();

                         $$ = (PLpgSQL_stmt *)new;
                     }
@@ -2656,7 +2679,8 @@ static PLpgSQL_expr *
 read_sql_expression(int until, const char *expected)
 {
     return read_sql_construct(until, 0, 0, expected,
-                              "SELECT ", true, true, true, NULL, NULL);
+                              RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR,
+                              true, true, true, NULL, NULL);
 }

 /* Convenience routine to read an expression with two possible terminators */
@@ -2665,15 +2689,17 @@ read_sql_expression2(int until, int until2, const char *expected,
                      int *endtoken)
 {
     return read_sql_construct(until, until2, 0, expected,
-                              "SELECT ", true, true, true, NULL, endtoken);
+                              RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR,
+                              true, true, true, NULL, endtoken);
 }

 /* Convenience routine to read a SQL statement that must end with ';' */
 static PLpgSQL_expr *
-read_sql_stmt(const char *sqlstart)
+read_sql_stmt(void)
 {
     return read_sql_construct(';', 0, 0, ";",
-                              sqlstart, false, true, true, NULL, NULL);
+                              RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT,
+                              false, true, true, NULL, NULL);
 }

 /*
@@ -2683,9 +2709,9 @@ read_sql_stmt(const char *sqlstart)
  * until2:        token code for alternate terminator (pass 0 if none)
  * until3:        token code for another alternate terminator (pass 0 if none)
  * expected:    text to use in complaining that terminator was not found
- * sqlstart:    text to prefix to the accumulated SQL text
+ * parsemode:    raw_parser() mode to use
  * isexpression: whether to say we're reading an "expression" or a "statement"
- * valid_sql:   whether to check the syntax of the expr (prefixed with sqlstart)
+ * valid_sql:   whether to check the syntax of the expr
  * trim:        trim trailing whitespace
  * startloc:    if not NULL, location of first token is stored at *startloc
  * endtoken:    if not NULL, ending token is stored at *endtoken
@@ -2696,7 +2722,7 @@ read_sql_construct(int until,
                    int until2,
                    int until3,
                    const char *expected,
-                   const char *sqlstart,
+                   RawParseMode parsemode,
                    bool isexpression,
                    bool valid_sql,
                    bool trim,
@@ -2711,7 +2737,6 @@ read_sql_construct(int until,
     PLpgSQL_expr        *expr;

     initStringInfo(&ds);
-    appendStringInfoString(&ds, sqlstart);

     /* special lookup mode for identifiers within the SQL text */
     save_IdentifierLookup = plpgsql_IdentifierLookup;
@@ -2787,6 +2812,7 @@ read_sql_construct(int until,

     expr = palloc0(sizeof(PLpgSQL_expr));
     expr->query            = pstrdup(ds.data);
+    expr->parseMode        = parsemode;
     expr->plan            = NULL;
     expr->paramnos        = NULL;
     expr->rwparam        = -1;
@@ -2794,7 +2820,7 @@ read_sql_construct(int until,
     pfree(ds.data);

     if (valid_sql)
-        check_sql_expr(expr->query, startlocation, strlen(sqlstart));
+        check_sql_expr(expr->query, expr->parseMode, startlocation);

     return expr;
 }
@@ -3033,13 +3059,14 @@ make_execsql_stmt(int firsttoken, int location)

     expr = palloc0(sizeof(PLpgSQL_expr));
     expr->query            = pstrdup(ds.data);
+    expr->parseMode        = RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT;
     expr->plan            = NULL;
     expr->paramnos        = NULL;
     expr->rwparam        = -1;
     expr->ns            = plpgsql_ns_top();
     pfree(ds.data);

-    check_sql_expr(expr->query, location, 0);
+    check_sql_expr(expr->query, expr->parseMode, location);

     execsql = palloc(sizeof(PLpgSQL_stmt_execsql));
     execsql->cmd_type = PLPGSQL_STMT_EXECSQL;
@@ -3382,7 +3409,7 @@ make_return_query_stmt(int location)
     {
         /* ordinary static query */
         plpgsql_push_back_token(tok);
-        new->query = read_sql_stmt("");
+        new->query = read_sql_stmt();
     }
     else
     {
@@ -3637,13 +3664,12 @@ make_scalar_list1(char *initial_name,
  * borders. So it is best to bail out as early as we can.
  *
  * It is assumed that "stmt" represents a copy of the function source text
- * beginning at offset "location", with leader text of length "leaderlen"
- * (typically "SELECT ") prefixed to the source text.  We use this assumption
- * to transpose any error cursor position back to the function source text.
+ * beginning at offset "location".  We use this assumption to transpose
+ * any error cursor position back to the function source text.
  * If no error cursor is provided, we'll just point at "location".
  */
 static void
-check_sql_expr(const char *stmt, int location, int leaderlen)
+check_sql_expr(const char *stmt, RawParseMode parseMode, int location)
 {
     sql_error_callback_arg cbarg;
     ErrorContextCallback  syntax_errcontext;
@@ -3653,7 +3679,6 @@ check_sql_expr(const char *stmt, int location, int leaderlen)
         return;

     cbarg.location = location;
-    cbarg.leaderlen = leaderlen;

     syntax_errcontext.callback = plpgsql_sql_error_callback;
     syntax_errcontext.arg = &cbarg;
@@ -3661,7 +3686,7 @@ check_sql_expr(const char *stmt, int location, int leaderlen)
     error_context_stack = &syntax_errcontext;

     oldCxt = MemoryContextSwitchTo(plpgsql_compile_tmp_cxt);
-    (void) raw_parser(stmt, RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT);
+    (void) raw_parser(stmt, parseMode);
     MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldCxt);

     /* Restore former ereport callback */
@@ -3686,12 +3711,12 @@ plpgsql_sql_error_callback(void *arg)
      * Note we are dealing with 1-based character numbers at this point.
      */
     errpos = geterrposition();
-    if (errpos > cbarg->leaderlen)
+    if (errpos > 0)
     {
         int        myerrpos = getinternalerrposition();

         if (myerrpos > 0)        /* safety check */
-            internalerrposition(myerrpos + errpos - cbarg->leaderlen - 1);
+            internalerrposition(myerrpos + errpos - 1);
     }

     /* In any case, flush errposition --- we want internalerrposition only */
@@ -3717,7 +3742,6 @@ parse_datatype(const char *string, int location)
     ErrorContextCallback  syntax_errcontext;

     cbarg.location = location;
-    cbarg.leaderlen = 0;

     syntax_errcontext.callback = plpgsql_sql_error_callback;
     syntax_errcontext.arg = &cbarg;
@@ -3780,7 +3804,6 @@ read_cursor_args(PLpgSQL_var *cursor, int until)
     int            argc;
     char      **argv;
     StringInfoData ds;
-    char       *sqlstart = "SELECT ";
     bool        any_named = false;

     tok = yylex();
@@ -3881,12 +3904,12 @@ read_cursor_args(PLpgSQL_var *cursor, int until)
          */
         item = read_sql_construct(',', ')', 0,
                                   ",\" or \")",
-                                  sqlstart,
+                                  RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR,
                                   true, true,
                                   false, /* do not trim */
                                   NULL, &endtoken);

-        argv[argpos] = item->query + strlen(sqlstart);
+        argv[argpos] = item->query;

         if (endtoken == ')' && !(argc == row->nfields - 1))
             ereport(ERROR,
@@ -3905,7 +3928,6 @@ read_cursor_args(PLpgSQL_var *cursor, int until)

     /* Make positional argument list */
     initStringInfo(&ds);
-    appendStringInfoString(&ds, sqlstart);
     for (argc = 0; argc < row->nfields; argc++)
     {
         Assert(argv[argc] != NULL);
@@ -3921,10 +3943,10 @@ read_cursor_args(PLpgSQL_var *cursor, int until)
         if (argc < row->nfields - 1)
             appendStringInfoString(&ds, ", ");
     }
-    appendStringInfoChar(&ds, ';');

     expr = palloc0(sizeof(PLpgSQL_expr));
     expr->query            = pstrdup(ds.data);
+    expr->parseMode        = RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR;
     expr->plan            = NULL;
     expr->paramnos        = NULL;
     expr->rwparam        = -1;
@@ -4097,14 +4119,14 @@ make_case(int location, PLpgSQL_expr *t_expr,
             PLpgSQL_expr *expr = cwt->expr;
             StringInfoData    ds;

-            /* copy expression query without SELECT keyword (expr->query + 7) */
-            Assert(strncmp(expr->query, "SELECT ", 7) == 0);
+            /* We expect to have expressions not statements */
+            Assert(expr->parseMode == RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR);

-            /* And do the string hacking */
+            /* Do the string hacking */
             initStringInfo(&ds);

-            appendStringInfo(&ds, "SELECT \"%s\" IN (%s)",
-                             varname, expr->query + 7);
+            appendStringInfo(&ds, "\"%s\" IN (%s)",
+                             varname, expr->query);

             pfree(expr->query);
             expr->query = pstrdup(ds.data);
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h
index 0c3d30fb13..d152a4354b 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h
@@ -218,8 +218,9 @@ typedef struct PLpgSQL_type
  */
 typedef struct PLpgSQL_expr
 {
-    char       *query;
-    SPIPlanPtr    plan;
+    char       *query;            /* query string, verbatim from function body */
+    RawParseMode parseMode;        /* raw_parser() mode to use */
+    SPIPlanPtr    plan;            /* plan, or NULL if not made yet */
     Bitmapset  *paramnos;        /* all dnos referenced by this query */
     int            rwparam;        /* dno of read/write param, or -1 if none */

diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/plpgsql.out b/src/test/regress/expected/plpgsql.out
index d0a6b630b8..6ae1b6e3d4 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/plpgsql.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/plpgsql.out
@@ -1761,10 +1761,10 @@ select f1(42) as int, f1(4.5) as num;

 select f1(point(3,4));  -- fail for lack of + operator
 ERROR:  operator does not exist: point + integer
-LINE 1: SELECT x + 1
-                 ^
+LINE 1: x + 1
+          ^
 HINT:  No operator matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts.
-QUERY:  SELECT x + 1
+QUERY:  x + 1
 CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function f1(anyelement) line 3 at RETURN
 drop function f1(x anyelement);
 create function f1(x anyelement) returns anyarray as $$
@@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@ begin
 end $$ language plpgsql;
 select namedparmcursor_test7();
 ERROR:  division by zero
-CONTEXT:  SQL statement "SELECT 42/0 AS p1, 77 AS p2;"
+CONTEXT:  SQL expression "42/0 AS p1, 77 AS p2"
 PL/pgSQL function namedparmcursor_test7() line 6 at OPEN
 -- check that line comments work correctly within the argument list (there
 -- is some special handling of this case in the code: the newline after the
@@ -2574,9 +2574,9 @@ end; $$ language plpgsql;
 -- blocks
 select excpt_test1();
 ERROR:  column "sqlstate" does not exist
-LINE 1: SELECT sqlstate
-               ^
-QUERY:  SELECT sqlstate
+LINE 1: sqlstate
+        ^
+QUERY:  sqlstate
 CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function excpt_test1() line 3 at RAISE
 create function excpt_test2() returns void as $$
 begin
@@ -2589,9 +2589,9 @@ end; $$ language plpgsql;
 -- should fail
 select excpt_test2();
 ERROR:  column "sqlstate" does not exist
-LINE 1: SELECT sqlstate
-               ^
-QUERY:  SELECT sqlstate
+LINE 1: sqlstate
+        ^
+QUERY:  sqlstate
 CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function excpt_test2() line 5 at RAISE
 create function excpt_test3() returns void as $$
 begin
@@ -4467,11 +4467,11 @@ end
 $$;
 select fail();
 ERROR:  division by zero
-CONTEXT:  SQL statement "SELECT 1/0"
+CONTEXT:  SQL expression "1/0"
 PL/pgSQL function fail() line 3 at RETURN
 select fail();
 ERROR:  division by zero
-CONTEXT:  SQL statement "SELECT 1/0"
+CONTEXT:  SQL expression "1/0"
 PL/pgSQL function fail() line 3 at RETURN
 drop function fail();
 -- Test handling of string literals.
@@ -4497,10 +4497,10 @@ HINT:  Use the escape string syntax for backslashes, e.g., E'\\'.
 select strtest();
 NOTICE:  foo\bar!baz
 WARNING:  nonstandard use of \\ in a string literal
-LINE 1: SELECT 'foo\\bar\041baz'
-               ^
+LINE 1: 'foo\\bar\041baz'
+        ^
 HINT:  Use the escape string syntax for backslashes, e.g., E'\\'.
-QUERY:  SELECT 'foo\\bar\041baz'
+QUERY:  'foo\\bar\041baz'
    strtest
 -------------
  foo\bar!baz
@@ -5621,9 +5621,9 @@ ALTER TABLE alter_table_under_transition_tables
 UPDATE alter_table_under_transition_tables
   SET id = id;
 ERROR:  column "name" does not exist
-LINE 1: SELECT (SELECT string_agg(id || '=' || name, ',') FROM d)
-                                               ^
-QUERY:  SELECT (SELECT string_agg(id || '=' || name, ',') FROM d)
+LINE 1: (SELECT string_agg(id || '=' || name, ',') FROM d)
+                                        ^
+QUERY:  (SELECT string_agg(id || '=' || name, ',') FROM d)
 CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function alter_table_under_transition_tables_upd_func() line 3 at RAISE
 --
 -- Test multiple reference to a transition table
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
index c3ce480c8f..edea27697e 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
@@ -1628,6 +1628,7 @@ CreateCast(CreateCastStmt *stmt)
         case COERCION_ASSIGNMENT:
             castcontext = COERCION_CODE_ASSIGNMENT;
             break;
+            /* COERCION_PLPGSQL is intentionally not covered here */
         case COERCION_EXPLICIT:
             castcontext = COERCION_CODE_EXPLICIT;
             break;
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/spi.c b/src/backend/executor/spi.c
index f529707458..eb0d9f51fb 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/spi.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/spi.c
@@ -2769,6 +2769,11 @@ _SPI_error_callback(void *arg)
             case RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR:
                 errcontext("SQL expression \"%s\"", query);
                 break;
+            case RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN1:
+            case RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN2:
+            case RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN3:
+                errcontext("PL/pgSQL assignment \"%s\"", query);
+                break;
             default:
                 errcontext("SQL statement \"%s\"", query);
                 break;
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
index 70f8b718e0..990daf1c98 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
@@ -3199,6 +3199,20 @@ _copySetOperationStmt(const SetOperationStmt *from)
     return newnode;
 }

+static PLAssignStmt *
+_copyPLAssignStmt(const PLAssignStmt *from)
+{
+    PLAssignStmt *newnode = makeNode(PLAssignStmt);
+
+    COPY_STRING_FIELD(name);
+    COPY_NODE_FIELD(indirection);
+    COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(nnames);
+    COPY_NODE_FIELD(val);
+    COPY_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
+
+    return newnode;
+}
+
 static AlterTableStmt *
 _copyAlterTableStmt(const AlterTableStmt *from)
 {
@@ -5220,6 +5234,9 @@ copyObjectImpl(const void *from)
         case T_SetOperationStmt:
             retval = _copySetOperationStmt(from);
             break;
+        case T_PLAssignStmt:
+            retval = _copyPLAssignStmt(from);
+            break;
         case T_AlterTableStmt:
             retval = _copyAlterTableStmt(from);
             break;
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c
index 541e0e6b48..7cbd31273d 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c
@@ -1085,6 +1085,18 @@ _equalSetOperationStmt(const SetOperationStmt *a, const SetOperationStmt *b)
     return true;
 }

+static bool
+_equalPLAssignStmt(const PLAssignStmt *a, const PLAssignStmt *b)
+{
+    COMPARE_STRING_FIELD(name);
+    COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(indirection);
+    COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(nnames);
+    COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(val);
+    COMPARE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 static bool
 _equalAlterTableStmt(const AlterTableStmt *a, const AlterTableStmt *b)
 {
@@ -3275,6 +3287,9 @@ equal(const void *a, const void *b)
         case T_SetOperationStmt:
             retval = _equalSetOperationStmt(a, b);
             break;
+        case T_PLAssignStmt:
+            retval = _equalPLAssignStmt(a, b);
+            break;
         case T_AlterTableStmt:
             retval = _equalAlterTableStmt(a, b);
             break;
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/nodeFuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/nodeFuncs.c
index 963f71e99d..f66d0e5fd5 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/nodeFuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/nodeFuncs.c
@@ -3669,6 +3669,16 @@ raw_expression_tree_walker(Node *node,
                     return true;
             }
             break;
+        case T_PLAssignStmt:
+            {
+                PLAssignStmt *stmt = (PLAssignStmt *) node;
+
+                if (walker(stmt->indirection, context))
+                    return true;
+                if (walker(stmt->val, context))
+                    return true;
+            }
+            break;
         case T_A_Expr:
             {
                 A_Expr       *expr = (A_Expr *) node;
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
index d78b16ed1d..4871702f02 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
@@ -2775,6 +2775,18 @@ _outSelectStmt(StringInfo str, const SelectStmt *node)
     WRITE_NODE_FIELD(rarg);
 }

+static void
+_outPLAssignStmt(StringInfo str, const PLAssignStmt *node)
+{
+    WRITE_NODE_TYPE("PLASSIGN");
+
+    WRITE_STRING_FIELD(name);
+    WRITE_NODE_FIELD(indirection);
+    WRITE_INT_FIELD(nnames);
+    WRITE_NODE_FIELD(val);
+    WRITE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
+}
+
 static void
 _outFuncCall(StringInfo str, const FuncCall *node)
 {
@@ -4211,6 +4223,9 @@ outNode(StringInfo str, const void *obj)
             case T_SelectStmt:
                 _outSelectStmt(str, obj);
                 break;
+            case T_PLAssignStmt:
+                _outPLAssignStmt(str, obj);
+                break;
             case T_ColumnDef:
                 _outColumnDef(str, obj);
                 break;
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/analyze.c b/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
index 084e00f73d..bf2824c00f 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@
 #include "parser/parse_param.h"
 #include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "parser/parse_target.h"
+#include "parser/parse_type.h"
 #include "parser/parsetree.h"
 #include "rewrite/rewriteManip.h"
+#include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"


@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ static Query *transformUpdateStmt(ParseState *pstate, UpdateStmt *stmt);
 static List *transformReturningList(ParseState *pstate, List *returningList);
 static List *transformUpdateTargetList(ParseState *pstate,
                                        List *targetList);
+static Query *transformPLAssignStmt(ParseState *pstate,
+                                    PLAssignStmt *stmt);
 static Query *transformDeclareCursorStmt(ParseState *pstate,
                                          DeclareCursorStmt *stmt);
 static Query *transformExplainStmt(ParseState *pstate,
@@ -304,6 +308,11 @@ transformStmt(ParseState *pstate, Node *parseTree)
             }
             break;

+        case T_PLAssignStmt:
+            result = transformPLAssignStmt(pstate,
+                                           (PLAssignStmt *) parseTree);
+            break;
+
             /*
              * Special cases
              */
@@ -367,6 +376,7 @@ analyze_requires_snapshot(RawStmt *parseTree)
         case T_DeleteStmt:
         case T_UpdateStmt:
         case T_SelectStmt:
+        case T_PLAssignStmt:
             result = true;
             break;

@@ -2393,6 +2403,236 @@ transformReturningList(ParseState *pstate, List *returningList)
 }


+/*
+ * transformPLAssignStmt -
+ *      transform a PL/pgSQL assignment statement
+ *
+ * If there is no opt_indirection, the transformed statement looks like
+ * "SELECT a_expr ...", except the expression has been cast to the type of
+ * the target.  With indirection, it's still a SELECT, but the expression will
+ * incorporate FieldStore and/or assignment SubscriptingRef nodes to compute a
+ * new value for a container-type variable represented by the target.  The
+ * expression references the target as the container source.
+ */
+static Query *
+transformPLAssignStmt(ParseState *pstate, PLAssignStmt *stmt)
+{
+    Query       *qry = makeNode(Query);
+    ColumnRef  *cref = makeNode(ColumnRef);
+    List       *indirection = stmt->indirection;
+    int            nnames = stmt->nnames;
+    SelectStmt *sstmt = stmt->val;
+    Node       *target;
+    Oid            targettype;
+    int32        targettypmod;
+    Oid            targetcollation;
+    List       *tlist;
+    TargetEntry *tle;
+    Oid            type_id;
+    Node       *qual;
+    ListCell   *l;
+
+    /*
+     * First, construct a ColumnRef for the target variable.  If the target
+     * has more than one dotted name, we have to pull the extra names out of
+     * the indirection list.
+     */
+    cref->fields = list_make1(makeString(stmt->name));
+    cref->location = stmt->location;
+    if (nnames > 1)
+    {
+        /* avoid munging the raw parsetree */
+        indirection = list_copy(indirection);
+        while (--nnames > 0 && indirection != NIL)
+        {
+            Node       *ind = (Node *) linitial(indirection);
+
+            if (!IsA(ind, String))
+                elog(ERROR, "invalid name count in PLAssignStmt");
+            cref->fields = lappend(cref->fields, ind);
+            indirection = list_delete_first(indirection);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Transform the target reference.  Typically we will get back a Param
+     * node, but there's no reason to be too picky about its type.
+     */
+    target = transformExpr(pstate, (Node *) cref,
+                           EXPR_KIND_UPDATE_TARGET);
+    targettype = exprType(target);
+    targettypmod = exprTypmod(target);
+    targetcollation = exprCollation(target);
+
+    /*
+     * The rest mostly matches transformSelectStmt, except that we needn't
+     * consider WITH or DISTINCT, and we build a targetlist our own way.
+     */
+    qry->commandType = CMD_SELECT;
+    pstate->p_is_insert = false;
+
+    /* make FOR UPDATE/FOR SHARE info available to addRangeTableEntry */
+    pstate->p_locking_clause = sstmt->lockingClause;
+
+    /* make WINDOW info available for window functions, too */
+    pstate->p_windowdefs = sstmt->windowClause;
+
+    /* process the FROM clause */
+    transformFromClause(pstate, sstmt->fromClause);
+
+    /* initially transform the targetlist as if in SELECT */
+    tlist = transformTargetList(pstate, sstmt->targetList,
+                                EXPR_KIND_SELECT_TARGET);
+
+    /* we should have exactly one targetlist item */
+    if (list_length(tlist) != 1)
+        ereport(ERROR,
+                (errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+                 errmsg_plural("assignment source returned %d column",
+                               "assignment source returned %d columns",
+                               list_length(tlist),
+                               list_length(tlist))));
+
+    tle = linitial_node(TargetEntry, tlist);
+
+    /*
+     * This next bit is similar to transformAssignedExpr; the key difference
+     * is we use COERCION_PLPGSQL not COERCION_ASSIGNMENT.
+     */
+    type_id = exprType((Node *) tle->expr);
+
+    pstate->p_expr_kind = EXPR_KIND_UPDATE_TARGET;
+
+    if (indirection)
+    {
+        tle->expr = (Expr *)
+            transformAssignmentIndirection(pstate,
+                                           target,
+                                           stmt->name,
+                                           false,
+                                           targettype,
+                                           targettypmod,
+                                           targetcollation,
+                                           indirection,
+                                           list_head(indirection),
+                                           (Node *) tle->expr,
+                                           COERCION_PLPGSQL,
+                                           exprLocation(target));
+    }
+    else if (targettype != type_id &&
+             (targettype == RECORDOID || ISCOMPLEX(targettype)) &&
+             (type_id == RECORDOID || ISCOMPLEX(type_id)))
+    {
+        /*
+         * Hack: do not let coerce_to_target_type() deal with inconsistent
+         * composite types.  Just pass the expression result through as-is,
+         * and let the PL/pgSQL executor do the conversion its way.  This is
+         * rather bogus, but it's needed for backwards compatibility.
+         */
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /*
+         * For normal non-qualified target column, do type checking and
+         * coercion.
+         */
+        Node       *orig_expr = (Node *) tle->expr;
+
+        tle->expr = (Expr *)
+            coerce_to_target_type(pstate,
+                                  orig_expr, type_id,
+                                  targettype, targettypmod,
+                                  COERCION_PLPGSQL,
+                                  COERCE_IMPLICIT_CAST,
+                                  -1);
+        /* With COERCION_PLPGSQL, this error is probably unreachable */
+        if (tle->expr == NULL)
+            ereport(ERROR,
+                    (errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+                     errmsg("variable \"%s\" is of type %s"
+                            " but expression is of type %s",
+                            stmt->name,
+                            format_type_be(targettype),
+                            format_type_be(type_id)),
+                     errhint("You will need to rewrite or cast the expression."),
+                     parser_errposition(pstate, exprLocation(orig_expr))));
+    }
+
+    pstate->p_expr_kind = EXPR_KIND_NONE;
+
+    qry->targetList = list_make1(tle);
+
+    /* transform WHERE */
+    qual = transformWhereClause(pstate, sstmt->whereClause,
+                                EXPR_KIND_WHERE, "WHERE");
+
+    /* initial processing of HAVING clause is much like WHERE clause */
+    qry->havingQual = transformWhereClause(pstate, sstmt->havingClause,
+                                           EXPR_KIND_HAVING, "HAVING");
+
+    /*
+     * Transform sorting/grouping stuff.  Do ORDER BY first because both
+     * transformGroupClause and transformDistinctClause need the results. Note
+     * that these functions can also change the targetList, so it's passed to
+     * them by reference.
+     */
+    qry->sortClause = transformSortClause(pstate,
+                                          sstmt->sortClause,
+                                          &qry->targetList,
+                                          EXPR_KIND_ORDER_BY,
+                                          false /* allow SQL92 rules */ );
+
+    qry->groupClause = transformGroupClause(pstate,
+                                            sstmt->groupClause,
+                                            &qry->groupingSets,
+                                            &qry->targetList,
+                                            qry->sortClause,
+                                            EXPR_KIND_GROUP_BY,
+                                            false /* allow SQL92 rules */ );
+
+    /* No DISTINCT clause */
+    Assert(!sstmt->distinctClause);
+    qry->distinctClause = NIL;
+    qry->hasDistinctOn = false;
+
+    /* transform LIMIT */
+    qry->limitOffset = transformLimitClause(pstate, sstmt->limitOffset,
+                                            EXPR_KIND_OFFSET, "OFFSET",
+                                            sstmt->limitOption);
+    qry->limitCount = transformLimitClause(pstate, sstmt->limitCount,
+                                           EXPR_KIND_LIMIT, "LIMIT",
+                                           sstmt->limitOption);
+    qry->limitOption = sstmt->limitOption;
+
+    /* transform window clauses after we have seen all window functions */
+    qry->windowClause = transformWindowDefinitions(pstate,
+                                                   pstate->p_windowdefs,
+                                                   &qry->targetList);
+
+    qry->rtable = pstate->p_rtable;
+    qry->jointree = makeFromExpr(pstate->p_joinlist, qual);
+
+    qry->hasSubLinks = pstate->p_hasSubLinks;
+    qry->hasWindowFuncs = pstate->p_hasWindowFuncs;
+    qry->hasTargetSRFs = pstate->p_hasTargetSRFs;
+    qry->hasAggs = pstate->p_hasAggs;
+
+    foreach(l, sstmt->lockingClause)
+    {
+        transformLockingClause(pstate, qry,
+                               (LockingClause *) lfirst(l), false);
+    }
+
+    assign_query_collations(pstate, qry);
+
+    /* this must be done after collations, for reliable comparison of exprs */
+    if (pstate->p_hasAggs || qry->groupClause || qry->groupingSets || qry->havingQual)
+        parseCheckAggregates(pstate, qry);
+
+    return qry;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * transformDeclareCursorStmt -
  *    transform a DECLARE CURSOR Statement
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index 4c58b46651..9101435f7b 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static Node *makeRecursiveViewSelect(char *relname, List *aliases, Node *query);

 %type <node>    select_no_parens select_with_parens select_clause
                 simple_select values_clause
-                PLpgSQL_Expr
+                PLpgSQL_Expr PLAssignStmt

 %type <node>    alter_column_default opclass_item opclass_drop alter_using
 %type <ival>    add_drop opt_asc_desc opt_nulls_order
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ static Node *makeRecursiveViewSelect(char *relname, List *aliases, Node *query);
 %type <str>        ColId ColLabel BareColLabel
 %type <str>        NonReservedWord NonReservedWord_or_Sconst
 %type <str>        var_name type_function_name param_name
-%type <str>        createdb_opt_name
+%type <str>        createdb_opt_name plassign_target
 %type <node>    var_value zone_value
 %type <rolespec> auth_ident RoleSpec opt_granted_by

@@ -733,6 +733,9 @@ static Node *makeRecursiveViewSelect(char *relname, List *aliases, Node *query);
  */
 %token        MODE_TYPE_NAME
 %token        MODE_PLPGSQL_EXPR
+%token        MODE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN1
+%token        MODE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN2
+%token        MODE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN3


 /* Precedence: lowest to highest */
@@ -815,6 +818,27 @@ stmtblock:    stmtmulti
                 pg_yyget_extra(yyscanner)->parsetree =
                     list_make1(makeRawStmt($2, 0));
             }
+            | MODE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN1 PLAssignStmt
+            {
+                PLAssignStmt *n = (PLAssignStmt *) $2;
+                n->nnames = 1;
+                pg_yyget_extra(yyscanner)->parsetree =
+                    list_make1(makeRawStmt((Node *) n, 0));
+            }
+            | MODE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN2 PLAssignStmt
+            {
+                PLAssignStmt *n = (PLAssignStmt *) $2;
+                n->nnames = 2;
+                pg_yyget_extra(yyscanner)->parsetree =
+                    list_make1(makeRawStmt((Node *) n, 0));
+            }
+            | MODE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN3 PLAssignStmt
+            {
+                PLAssignStmt *n = (PLAssignStmt *) $2;
+                n->nnames = 3;
+                pg_yyget_extra(yyscanner)->parsetree =
+                    list_make1(makeRawStmt((Node *) n, 0));
+            }
         ;

 /*
@@ -15069,6 +15093,31 @@ PLpgSQL_Expr: opt_target_list
                 }
         ;

+/*
+ * PL/pgSQL Assignment statement: name opt_indirection := PLpgSQL_Expr
+ */
+
+PLAssignStmt: plassign_target opt_indirection plassign_equals PLpgSQL_Expr
+                {
+                    PLAssignStmt *n = makeNode(PLAssignStmt);
+
+                    n->name = $1;
+                    n->indirection = check_indirection($2, yyscanner);
+                    /* nnames will be filled by calling production */
+                    n->val = (SelectStmt *) $4;
+                    n->location = @1;
+                    $$ = (Node *) n;
+                }
+        ;
+
+plassign_target: ColId                            { $$ = $1; }
+            | PARAM                                { $$ = psprintf("$%d", $1); }
+        ;
+
+plassign_equals: COLON_EQUALS
+            | '='
+        ;
+

 /*
  * Name classification hierarchy.
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
index da6c3ae4b5..462e2af74e 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
@@ -2815,6 +2815,14 @@ find_coercion_pathway(Oid targetTypeId, Oid sourceTypeId,
         }
     }

+    /*
+     * When parsing PL/pgSQL assignments, allow an I/O cast to be used
+     * whenever no normal coercion is available.
+     */
+    if (result == COERCION_PATH_NONE &&
+        ccontext == COERCION_PLPGSQL)
+        result = COERCION_PATH_COERCEVIAIO;
+
     return result;
 }

diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
index 3dda8e2847..8f2b0f18e0 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
@@ -34,17 +34,6 @@

 static void markTargetListOrigin(ParseState *pstate, TargetEntry *tle,
                                  Var *var, int levelsup);
-static Node *transformAssignmentIndirection(ParseState *pstate,
-                                            Node *basenode,
-                                            const char *targetName,
-                                            bool targetIsSubscripting,
-                                            Oid targetTypeId,
-                                            int32 targetTypMod,
-                                            Oid targetCollation,
-                                            List *indirection,
-                                            ListCell *indirection_cell,
-                                            Node *rhs,
-                                            int location);
 static Node *transformAssignmentSubscripts(ParseState *pstate,
                                            Node *basenode,
                                            const char *targetName,
@@ -56,6 +45,7 @@ static Node *transformAssignmentSubscripts(ParseState *pstate,
                                            List *indirection,
                                            ListCell *next_indirection,
                                            Node *rhs,
+                                           CoercionContext ccontext,
                                            int location);
 static List *ExpandColumnRefStar(ParseState *pstate, ColumnRef *cref,
                                  bool make_target_entry);
@@ -561,6 +551,7 @@ transformAssignedExpr(ParseState *pstate,
                                            indirection,
                                            list_head(indirection),
                                            (Node *) expr,
+                                           COERCION_ASSIGNMENT,
                                            location);
     }
     else
@@ -642,15 +633,15 @@ updateTargetListEntry(ParseState *pstate,

 /*
  * Process indirection (field selection or subscripting) of the target
- * column in INSERT/UPDATE.  This routine recurses for multiple levels
- * of indirection --- but note that several adjacent A_Indices nodes in
- * the indirection list are treated as a single multidimensional subscript
+ * column in INSERT/UPDATE/assignment.  This routine recurses for multiple
+ * levels of indirection --- but note that several adjacent A_Indices nodes
+ * in the indirection list are treated as a single multidimensional subscript
  * operation.
  *
  * In the initial call, basenode is a Var for the target column in UPDATE,
- * or a null Const of the target's type in INSERT.  In recursive calls,
- * basenode is NULL, indicating that a substitute node should be consed up if
- * needed.
+ * or a null Const of the target's type in INSERT, or a Param for the target
+ * variable in PL/pgSQL assignment.  In recursive calls, basenode is NULL,
+ * indicating that a substitute node should be consed up if needed.
  *
  * targetName is the name of the field or subfield we're assigning to, and
  * targetIsSubscripting is true if we're subscripting it.  These are just for
@@ -667,12 +658,16 @@ updateTargetListEntry(ParseState *pstate,
  * rhs is the already-transformed value to be assigned; note it has not been
  * coerced to any particular type.
  *
+ * ccontext is the coercion level to use while coercing the rhs.  For
+ * normal statements it'll be COERCION_ASSIGNMENT, but PL/pgSQL uses
+ * a special value.
+ *
  * location is the cursor error position for any errors.  (Note: this points
  * to the head of the target clause, eg "foo" in "foo.bar[baz]".  Later we
  * might want to decorate indirection cells with their own location info,
  * in which case the location argument could probably be dropped.)
  */
-static Node *
+Node *
 transformAssignmentIndirection(ParseState *pstate,
                                Node *basenode,
                                const char *targetName,
@@ -683,6 +678,7 @@ transformAssignmentIndirection(ParseState *pstate,
                                List *indirection,
                                ListCell *indirection_cell,
                                Node *rhs,
+                               CoercionContext ccontext,
                                int location)
 {
     Node       *result;
@@ -757,6 +753,7 @@ transformAssignmentIndirection(ParseState *pstate,
                                                      indirection,
                                                      i,
                                                      rhs,
+                                                     ccontext,
                                                      location);
             }

@@ -807,6 +804,7 @@ transformAssignmentIndirection(ParseState *pstate,
                                                  indirection,
                                                  lnext(indirection, i),
                                                  rhs,
+                                                 ccontext,
                                                  location);

             /* and build a FieldStore node */
@@ -845,6 +843,7 @@ transformAssignmentIndirection(ParseState *pstate,
                                              indirection,
                                              NULL,
                                              rhs,
+                                             ccontext,
                                              location);
     }

@@ -853,7 +852,7 @@ transformAssignmentIndirection(ParseState *pstate,
     result = coerce_to_target_type(pstate,
                                    rhs, exprType(rhs),
                                    targetTypeId, targetTypMod,
-                                   COERCION_ASSIGNMENT,
+                                   ccontext,
                                    COERCE_IMPLICIT_CAST,
                                    -1);
     if (result == NULL)
@@ -898,6 +897,7 @@ transformAssignmentSubscripts(ParseState *pstate,
                               List *indirection,
                               ListCell *next_indirection,
                               Node *rhs,
+                              CoercionContext ccontext,
                               int location)
 {
     Node       *result;
@@ -949,6 +949,7 @@ transformAssignmentSubscripts(ParseState *pstate,
                                          indirection,
                                          next_indirection,
                                          rhs,
+                                         ccontext,
                                          location);

     /*
@@ -969,7 +970,7 @@ transformAssignmentSubscripts(ParseState *pstate,
         result = coerce_to_target_type(pstate,
                                        result, resulttype,
                                        targetTypeId, targetTypMod,
-                                       COERCION_ASSIGNMENT,
+                                       ccontext,
                                        COERCE_IMPLICIT_CAST,
                                        -1);
         /* can fail if we had int2vector/oidvector, but not for true domains */
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parser.c b/src/backend/parser/parser.c
index 71df8ef022..291706c593 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parser.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parser.c
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ raw_parser(const char *str, RawParseMode mode)
         static const int mode_token[] = {
             0,                    /* RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT */
             MODE_TYPE_NAME,        /* RAW_PARSE_TYPE_NAME */
-            MODE_PLPGSQL_EXPR    /* RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR */
+            MODE_PLPGSQL_EXPR,    /* RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR */
+            MODE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN1,    /* RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN1 */
+            MODE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN2,    /* RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN2 */
+            MODE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN3    /* RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN3 */
         };

         yyextra.have_lookahead = true;
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/utility.c b/src/backend/tcop/utility.c
index a42ead7d69..fdcabe6a48 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/utility.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/utility.c
@@ -2313,6 +2313,10 @@ CreateCommandTag(Node *parsetree)
             tag = CMDTAG_SELECT;
             break;

+        case T_PLAssignStmt:
+            tag = CMDTAG_SELECT;
+            break;
+
             /* utility statements --- same whether raw or cooked */
         case T_TransactionStmt:
             {
@@ -3181,6 +3185,10 @@ GetCommandLogLevel(Node *parsetree)
                 lev = LOGSTMT_ALL;
             break;

+        case T_PLAssignStmt:
+            lev = LOGSTMT_ALL;
+            break;
+
             /* utility statements --- same whether raw or cooked */
         case T_TransactionStmt:
             lev = LOGSTMT_ALL;
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/nodes.h b/src/include/nodes/nodes.h
index 3684f87a88..2d445d03db 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/nodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/nodes.h
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ typedef enum NodeTag
     T_DeleteStmt,
     T_UpdateStmt,
     T_SelectStmt,
+    T_PLAssignStmt,
     T_AlterTableStmt,
     T_AlterTableCmd,
     T_AlterDomainStmt,
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
index 48a79a7657..8e09a457ab 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
@@ -1675,6 +1675,25 @@ typedef struct SetOperationStmt
 } SetOperationStmt;


+/* ----------------------
+ *        PL/pgSQL Assignment Statement
+ *
+ * Like SelectStmt, this is transformed into a SELECT Query.
+ * However, the targetlist of the result looks more like an UPDATE.
+ * ----------------------
+ */
+typedef struct PLAssignStmt
+{
+    NodeTag        type;
+
+    char       *name;            /* initial column name */
+    List       *indirection;    /* subscripts and field names, if any */
+    int            nnames;            /* number of names to use in ColumnRef */
+    SelectStmt *val;            /* the PL/pgSQL expression to assign */
+    int            location;        /* name's token location, or -1 if unknown */
+} PLAssignStmt;
+
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  *        Other Statements (no optimizations required)
  *
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h b/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h
index dd85908fe2..71a58804dc 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ typedef enum CoercionContext
 {
     COERCION_IMPLICIT,            /* coercion in context of expression */
     COERCION_ASSIGNMENT,        /* coercion in context of assignment */
+    COERCION_PLPGSQL,            /* if no assignment cast, use CoerceViaIO */
     COERCION_EXPLICIT            /* explicit cast operation */
 } CoercionContext;

diff --git a/src/include/parser/parse_target.h b/src/include/parser/parse_target.h
index 7039df29cb..5ce8c3666e 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parse_target.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parse_target.h
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ extern void updateTargetListEntry(ParseState *pstate, TargetEntry *tle,
                                   char *colname, int attrno,
                                   List *indirection,
                                   int location);
+extern Node *transformAssignmentIndirection(ParseState *pstate,
+                                            Node *basenode,
+                                            const char *targetName,
+                                            bool targetIsSubscripting,
+                                            Oid targetTypeId,
+                                            int32 targetTypMod,
+                                            Oid targetCollation,
+                                            List *indirection,
+                                            ListCell *indirection_cell,
+                                            Node *rhs,
+                                            CoercionContext ccontext,
+                                            int location);
 extern List *checkInsertTargets(ParseState *pstate, List *cols,
                                 List **attrnos);
 extern TupleDesc expandRecordVariable(ParseState *pstate, Var *var,
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parser.h b/src/include/parser/parser.h
index 3b7dab17ef..ac89f2b93f 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parser.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parser.h
@@ -29,12 +29,19 @@
  *
  * RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR: parse a PL/pgSQL expression, and return
  * a one-element List containing a RawStmt node.
+ *
+ * RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGNn: parse a PL/pgSQL assignment statement,
+ * and return a one-element List containing a RawStmt node.  "n"
+ * gives the number of dotted names comprising the target ColumnRef.
  */
 typedef enum
 {
     RAW_PARSE_DEFAULT = 0,
     RAW_PARSE_TYPE_NAME,
-    RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR
+    RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_EXPR,
+    RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN1,
+    RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN2,
+    RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN3
 } RawParseMode;

 /* Values for the backslash_quote GUC */
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/parse.pl b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/parse.pl
index 2b254c2b77..cea6dd6517 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/parse.pl
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/parse.pl
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ my %replace_types = (
     'type_function_name' => 'ignore',
     'ColLabel'           => 'ignore',
     'Sconst'             => 'ignore',
-    'PLpgSQL_Expr'       => 'ignore',);
+    'PLpgSQL_Expr'       => 'ignore',
+    'PLAssignStmt'       => 'ignore',
+    'plassign_target'    => 'ignore',
+    'plassign_equals'    => 'ignore',);

 # these replace_line commands excise certain keywords from the core keyword
 # lists.  Be sure to account for these in ColLabel and related productions.
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
index f56dcd0e79..cb5c7f9fea 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
@@ -8008,10 +8008,14 @@ get_cast_hashentry(PLpgSQL_execstate *estate,
         placeholder->collation = get_typcollation(srctype);

         /*
-         * Apply coercion.  We use ASSIGNMENT coercion because that's the
-         * closest match to plpgsql's historical behavior; in particular,
-         * EXPLICIT coercion would allow silent truncation to a destination
-         * varchar/bpchar's length, which we do not want.
+         * Apply coercion.  We use the special coercion context
+         * COERCION_PLPGSQL to match plpgsql's historical behavior, namely
+         * that any cast not available at ASSIGNMENT level will be implemented
+         * as an I/O coercion.  (It's somewhat dubious that we prefer I/O
+         * coercion over cast pathways that exist at EXPLICIT level.  Changing
+         * that would cause assorted minor behavioral differences though, and
+         * a user who wants the explicit-cast behavior can always write an
+         * explicit cast.)
          *
          * If source type is UNKNOWN, coerce_to_target_type will fail (it only
          * expects to see that for Const input nodes), so don't call it; we'll
@@ -8024,7 +8028,7 @@ get_cast_hashentry(PLpgSQL_execstate *estate,
             cast_expr = coerce_to_target_type(NULL,
                                               (Node *) placeholder, srctype,
                                               dsttype, dsttypmod,
-                                              COERCION_ASSIGNMENT,
+                                              COERCION_PLPGSQL,
                                               COERCE_IMPLICIT_CAST,
                                               -1);

@@ -8032,7 +8036,8 @@ get_cast_hashentry(PLpgSQL_execstate *estate,
          * If there's no cast path according to the parser, fall back to using
          * an I/O coercion; this is semantically dubious but matches plpgsql's
          * historical behavior.  We would need something of the sort for
-         * UNKNOWN literals in any case.
+         * UNKNOWN literals in any case.  (This is probably now only reachable
+         * in the case where srctype is UNKNOWN/RECORD.)
          */
         if (cast_expr == NULL)
         {
@@ -8341,7 +8346,8 @@ exec_check_rw_parameter(PLpgSQL_expr *expr, int target_dno)
         return;

     /*
-     * Top level of expression must be a simple FuncExpr or OpExpr.
+     * Top level of expression must be a simple FuncExpr, OpExpr, or
+     * SubscriptingRef.
      */
     if (IsA(expr->expr_simple_expr, FuncExpr))
     {
@@ -8357,6 +8363,33 @@ exec_check_rw_parameter(PLpgSQL_expr *expr, int target_dno)
         funcid = opexpr->opfuncid;
         fargs = opexpr->args;
     }
+    else if (IsA(expr->expr_simple_expr, SubscriptingRef))
+    {
+        SubscriptingRef *sbsref = (SubscriptingRef *) expr->expr_simple_expr;
+
+        /* We only trust standard varlena arrays to be safe */
+        if (get_typsubscript(sbsref->refcontainertype, NULL) !=
+            F_ARRAY_SUBSCRIPT_HANDLER)
+            return;
+
+        /* refexpr can be a simple Param, otherwise must not contain target */
+        if (!(sbsref->refexpr && IsA(sbsref->refexpr, Param)) &&
+            contains_target_param((Node *) sbsref->refexpr, &target_dno))
+            return;
+
+        /* the other subexpressions must not contain target */
+        if (contains_target_param((Node *) sbsref->refupperindexpr,
+                                  &target_dno) ||
+            contains_target_param((Node *) sbsref->reflowerindexpr,
+                                  &target_dno) ||
+            contains_target_param((Node *) sbsref->refassgnexpr,
+                                  &target_dno))
+            return;
+
+        /* OK, we can pass target as a read-write parameter */
+        expr->rwparam = target_dno;
+        return;
+    }
     else
         return;

diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
index 3b36220d73..051544a3b4 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
@@ -973,16 +973,40 @@ stmt_call        : K_CALL
                     }
                 ;

-stmt_assign        : assign_var assign_operator expr_until_semi
+stmt_assign        : T_DATUM
                     {
                         PLpgSQL_stmt_assign *new;
+                        RawParseMode pmode;

+                        /* see how many names identify the datum */
+                        switch ($1.ident ? 1 : list_length($1.idents))
+                        {
+                            case 1:
+                                pmode = RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN1;
+                                break;
+                            case 2:
+                                pmode = RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN2;
+                                break;
+                            case 3:
+                                pmode = RAW_PARSE_PLPGSQL_ASSIGN3;
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                elog(ERROR, "unexpected number of names");
+                                pmode = 0; /* keep compiler quiet */
+                        }
+
+                        check_assignable($1.datum, @1);
                         new = palloc0(sizeof(PLpgSQL_stmt_assign));
                         new->cmd_type = PLPGSQL_STMT_ASSIGN;
                         new->lineno   = plpgsql_location_to_lineno(@1);
                         new->stmtid = ++plpgsql_curr_compile->nstatements;
-                        new->varno = $1->dno;
-                        new->expr  = $3;
+                        new->varno = $1.datum->dno;
+                        /* Push back the head name to include it in the stmt */
+                        plpgsql_push_back_token(T_DATUM);
+                        new->expr = read_sql_construct(';', 0, 0, ";",
+                                                       pmode,
+                                                       false, true, true,
+                                                       NULL, NULL);

                         $$ = (PLpgSQL_stmt *)new;
                     }
diff --git a/contrib/hstore/expected/hstore.out b/contrib/hstore/expected/hstore.out
index fdcc3920ce..64a3272b9c 100644
--- a/contrib/hstore/expected/hstore.out
+++ b/contrib/hstore/expected/hstore.out
@@ -1583,6 +1583,10 @@ select f2 from test_json_agg;
  "d"=>NULL, "x"=>"xyzzy"
 (3 rows)

+-- Test subscripting in plpgsql
+do $$ declare h hstore;
+begin h['a'] := 'b'; raise notice 'h = %, h[a] = %', h, h['a']; end $$;
+NOTICE:  h = "a"=>"b", h[a] = b
 -- Check the hstore_hash() and hstore_hash_extended() function explicitly.
 SELECT v as value, hstore_hash(v)::bit(32) as standard,
        hstore_hash_extended(v, 0)::bit(32) as extended0,
diff --git a/contrib/hstore/sql/hstore.sql b/contrib/hstore/sql/hstore.sql
index 8d96e30403..a59db66b0a 100644
--- a/contrib/hstore/sql/hstore.sql
+++ b/contrib/hstore/sql/hstore.sql
@@ -372,6 +372,10 @@ select f2['d':'e'] from test_json_agg;  -- error
 update test_json_agg set f2['d'] = f2['e'], f2['x'] = 'xyzzy';
 select f2 from test_json_agg;

+-- Test subscripting in plpgsql
+do $$ declare h hstore;
+begin h['a'] := 'b'; raise notice 'h = %, h[a] = %', h, h['a']; end $$;
+
 -- Check the hstore_hash() and hstore_hash_extended() function explicitly.
 SELECT v as value, hstore_hash(v)::bit(32) as standard,
        hstore_hash_extended(v, 0)::bit(32) as extended0,
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
index 9ec168b0c4..32c466eaa5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
@@ -946,8 +946,8 @@ PREPARE <replaceable>statement_name</replaceable>(integer, integer) AS SELECT $1
      database engine.  The expression must yield a single value (possibly
      a row value, if the variable is a row or record variable).  The target
      variable can be a simple variable (optionally qualified with a block
-     name), a field of a row or record variable, or an element of an array
-     that is a simple variable or field.  Equal (<literal>=</literal>) can be
+     name), a field of a row or record target, or an element or slice of
+     an array target.  Equal (<literal>=</literal>) can be
      used instead of PL/SQL-compliant <literal>:=</literal>.
     </para>

@@ -968,8 +968,25 @@ PREPARE <replaceable>statement_name</replaceable>(integer, integer) AS SELECT $1
 <programlisting>
 tax := subtotal * 0.06;
 my_record.user_id := 20;
+my_array[j] := 20;
+my_array[1:3] := array[1,2,3];
+complex_array[n].realpart = 12.3;
 </programlisting>
     </para>
+
+    <para>
+     It's useful to know that what follows the assignment operator is
+     essentially treated as a <literal>SELECT</literal> command; as long
+     as it returns a single row and column, it will work.  Thus for example
+     one can write something like
+<programlisting>
+total_sales := sum(quantity) from sales;
+</programlisting>
+     This provides an effect similar to the single-row <literal>SELECT
+     ... INTO</literal> syntax described in
+     <xref linkend="plpgsql-statements-sql-onerow"/>.  However, that syntax
+     is more portable.
+    </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="plpgsql-statements-sql-noresult">
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/Makefile b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/Makefile
index 193df8a010..9946abbc1d 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DATA = plpgsql.control plpgsql--1.0.sql

 REGRESS_OPTS = --dbname=$(PL_TESTDB)

-REGRESS = plpgsql_call plpgsql_control plpgsql_copy plpgsql_domain \
+REGRESS = plpgsql_array plpgsql_call plpgsql_control plpgsql_copy plpgsql_domain \
     plpgsql_record plpgsql_cache plpgsql_simple plpgsql_transaction \
     plpgsql_trap plpgsql_trigger plpgsql_varprops

diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_array.out b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_array.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f28b4f685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_array.out
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+--
+-- Tests for PL/pgSQL handling of array variables
+--
+-- We also check arrays of composites here, so this has some overlap
+-- with the plpgsql_record tests.
+--
+create type complex as (r float8, i float8);
+create type quadarray as (c1 complex[], c2 complex);
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := array[1,2]; a[3] := 4; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+NOTICE:  a = {1,2,4}
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a[3] := 4; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+NOTICE:  a = [3:3]={4}
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a[1][4] := 4; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+NOTICE:  a = [1:1][4:4]={{4}}
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a[1] := 23::text; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;  -- lax typing
+NOTICE:  a = {23}
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := array[1,2]; a[2:3] := array[3,4]; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+NOTICE:  a = {1,3,4}
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := array[1,2]; a[2] := a[2] + 1; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+NOTICE:  a = {1,3}
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a[1:2] := array[3,4]; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+NOTICE:  a = {3,4}
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a[1:2] := 4; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;  -- error
+ERROR:  malformed array literal: "4"
+DETAIL:  Array value must start with "{" or dimension information.
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 2 at assignment
+do $$ declare a complex[];
+begin a[1] := (1,2); a[1].i := 11; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+NOTICE:  a = {"(1,11)"}
+do $$ declare a complex[];
+begin a[1].i := 11; raise notice 'a = %, a[1].i = %', a, a[1].i; end$$;
+NOTICE:  a = {"(,11)"}, a[1].i = 11
+-- perhaps this ought to work, but for now it doesn't:
+do $$ declare a complex[];
+begin a[1:2].i := array[11,12]; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+ERROR:  cannot assign to field "i" of column "a" because its type complex[] is not a composite type
+LINE 1: a[1:2].i := array[11,12]
+        ^
+QUERY:  a[1:2].i := array[11,12]
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 2 at assignment
+do $$ declare a quadarray;
+begin a.c1[1].i := 11; raise notice 'a = %, a.c1[1].i = %', a, a.c1[1].i; end$$;
+NOTICE:  a = ("{""(,11)""}",), a.c1[1].i = 11
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := array_agg(x) from (values(1),(2),(3)) v(x); raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+NOTICE:  a = {1,2,3}
+create temp table onecol as select array[1,2] as f1;
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := f1 from onecol; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+NOTICE:  a = {1,2}
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := * from onecol for update; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+NOTICE:  a = {1,2}
+-- error cases:
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := from onecol; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+ERROR:  assignment source returned 0 columns
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL assignment "a := from onecol"
+PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 2 at assignment
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := f1, f1 from onecol; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+ERROR:  assignment source returned 2 columns
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL assignment "a := f1, f1 from onecol"
+PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 2 at assignment
+insert into onecol values(array[11]);
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := f1 from onecol; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+ERROR:  query "a := f1 from onecol" returned more than one row
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 2 at assignment
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := f1 from onecol limit 1; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+NOTICE:  a = {1,2}
+do $$ declare a real;
+begin a[1] := 2; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+ERROR:  cannot subscript type real because it does not support subscripting
+LINE 1: a[1] := 2
+        ^
+QUERY:  a[1] := 2
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 2 at assignment
+do $$ declare a complex;
+begin a.r[1] := 2; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+ERROR:  cannot subscript type double precision because it does not support subscripting
+LINE 1: a.r[1] := 2
+        ^
+QUERY:  a.r[1] := 2
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 2 at assignment
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_record.out b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_record.out
index 52207e9b10..6e835c0751 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_record.out
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/expected/plpgsql_record.out
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 --
 create type two_int4s as (f1 int4, f2 int4);
 create type two_int8s as (q1 int8, q2 int8);
+create type nested_int8s as (c1 two_int8s, c2 two_int8s);
 -- base-case return of a composite type
 create function retc(int) returns two_int8s language plpgsql as
 $$ begin return row($1,1)::two_int8s; end $$;
@@ -82,6 +83,88 @@ begin
 end$$;
 NOTICE:  c4 = (1,2)
 NOTICE:  c8 = (1,2)
+do $$ declare c two_int8s; d nested_int8s;
+begin
+  c := row(1,2);
+  d := row(c, row(c.q1, c.q2+1));
+  raise notice 'c = %, d = %', c, d;
+  c.q1 := 10;
+  d.c1 := row(11,12);
+  d.c2.q2 := 42;
+  raise notice 'c = %, d = %', c, d;
+  raise notice 'c.q1 = %, d.c2 = %', c.q1, d.c2;
+  raise notice '(d).c2.q2 = %', (d).c2.q2;  -- doesn't work without parens
+  raise notice '(d.c2).q2 = %', (d.c2).q2;  -- doesn't work without parens
+end$$;
+NOTICE:  c = (1,2), d = ("(1,2)","(1,3)")
+NOTICE:  c = (10,2), d = ("(11,12)","(1,42)")
+NOTICE:  c.q1 = 10, d.c2 = (1,42)
+NOTICE:  (d).c2.q2 = 42
+NOTICE:  (d.c2).q2 = 42
+-- block-qualified naming
+do $$ <<b>> declare c two_int8s; d nested_int8s;
+begin
+  b.c := row(1,2);
+  b.d := row(b.c, row(b.c.q1, b.c.q2+1));
+  raise notice 'b.c = %, b.d = %', b.c, b.d;
+  b.c.q1 := 10;
+  b.d.c1 := row(11,12);
+  b.d.c2.q2 := 42;
+  raise notice 'b.c = %, b.d = %', b.c, b.d;
+  raise notice 'b.c.q1 = %, b.d.c2 = %', b.c.q1, b.d.c2;
+  raise notice '(b.d).c2.q2 = %', (b.d).c2.q2;  -- doesn't work without parens
+  raise notice '(b.d.c2).q2 = %', (b.d.c2).q2;  -- doesn't work without parens
+end$$;
+NOTICE:  b.c = (1,2), b.d = ("(1,2)","(1,3)")
+NOTICE:  b.c = (10,2), b.d = ("(11,12)","(1,42)")
+NOTICE:  b.c.q1 = 10, b.d.c2 = (1,42)
+NOTICE:  (b.d).c2.q2 = 42
+NOTICE:  (b.d.c2).q2 = 42
+-- error cases
+do $$ declare c two_int8s; begin c.x = 1; end $$;
+ERROR:  record "c" has no field "x"
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL assignment "c.x = 1"
+PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 1 at assignment
+do $$ declare c nested_int8s; begin c.x = 1; end $$;
+ERROR:  record "c" has no field "x"
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL assignment "c.x = 1"
+PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 1 at assignment
+do $$ declare c nested_int8s; begin c.x.q1 = 1; end $$;
+ERROR:  record "c" has no field "x"
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL assignment "c.x.q1 = 1"
+PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 1 at assignment
+do $$ declare c nested_int8s; begin c.c2.x = 1; end $$;
+ERROR:  cannot assign to field "x" of column "c" because there is no such column in data type two_int8s
+LINE 1: c.c2.x = 1
+        ^
+QUERY:  c.c2.x = 1
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 1 at assignment
+do $$ declare c nested_int8s; begin d.c2.x = 1; end $$;
+ERROR:  "d.c2.x" is not a known variable
+LINE 1: do $$ declare c nested_int8s; begin d.c2.x = 1; end $$;
+                                            ^
+do $$ <<b>> declare c two_int8s; begin b.c.x = 1; end $$;
+ERROR:  record "c" has no field "x"
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL assignment "b.c.x = 1"
+PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 1 at assignment
+do $$ <<b>> declare c nested_int8s; begin b.c.x = 1; end $$;
+ERROR:  record "c" has no field "x"
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL assignment "b.c.x = 1"
+PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 1 at assignment
+do $$ <<b>> declare c nested_int8s; begin b.c.x.q1 = 1; end $$;
+ERROR:  record "c" has no field "x"
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL assignment "b.c.x.q1 = 1"
+PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 1 at assignment
+do $$ <<b>> declare c nested_int8s; begin b.c.c2.x = 1; end $$;
+ERROR:  cannot assign to field "x" of column "b" because there is no such column in data type two_int8s
+LINE 1: b.c.c2.x = 1
+        ^
+QUERY:  b.c.c2.x = 1
+CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 1 at assignment
+do $$ <<b>> declare c nested_int8s; begin b.d.c2.x = 1; end $$;
+ERROR:  "b.d.c2" is not a known variable
+LINE 1: do $$ <<b>> declare c nested_int8s; begin b.d.c2.x = 1; end ...
+                                                  ^
 -- check passing composite result to another function
 create function getq1(two_int8s) returns int8 language plpgsql as $$
 declare r two_int8s; begin r := $1; return r.q1; end $$;
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c
index b610b28d70..0225f5911d 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c
@@ -1456,7 +1456,8 @@ plpgsql_parse_dblword(char *word1, char *word2,
     /*
      * We should do nothing in DECLARE sections.  In SQL expressions, we
      * really only need to make sure that RECFIELD datums are created when
-     * needed.
+     * needed.  In all the cases handled by this function, returning a T_DATUM
+     * with a two-word idents string is the right thing.
      */
     if (plpgsql_IdentifierLookup != IDENTIFIER_LOOKUP_DECLARE)
     {
@@ -1530,40 +1531,53 @@ plpgsql_parse_tripword(char *word1, char *word2, char *word3,
     List       *idents;
     int            nnames;

-    idents = list_make3(makeString(word1),
-                        makeString(word2),
-                        makeString(word3));
-
     /*
-     * We should do nothing in DECLARE sections.  In SQL expressions, we
-     * really only need to make sure that RECFIELD datums are created when
-     * needed.
+     * We should do nothing in DECLARE sections.  In SQL expressions, we need
+     * to make sure that RECFIELD datums are created when needed, and we need
+     * to be careful about how many names are reported as belonging to the
+     * T_DATUM: the third word could be a sub-field reference, which we don't
+     * care about here.
      */
     if (plpgsql_IdentifierLookup != IDENTIFIER_LOOKUP_DECLARE)
     {
         /*
-         * Do a lookup in the current namespace stack. Must find a qualified
+         * Do a lookup in the current namespace stack.  Must find a record
          * reference, else ignore.
          */
         ns = plpgsql_ns_lookup(plpgsql_ns_top(), false,
                                word1, word2, word3,
                                &nnames);
-        if (ns != NULL && nnames == 2)
+        if (ns != NULL)
         {
             switch (ns->itemtype)
             {
                 case PLPGSQL_NSTYPE_REC:
                     {
-                        /*
-                         * words 1/2 are a record name, so third word could be
-                         * a field in this record.
-                         */
                         PLpgSQL_rec *rec;
                         PLpgSQL_recfield *new;

                         rec = (PLpgSQL_rec *) (plpgsql_Datums[ns->itemno]);
-                        new = plpgsql_build_recfield(rec, word3);
-
+                        if (nnames == 1)
+                        {
+                            /*
+                             * First word is a record name, so second word
+                             * could be a field in this record (and the third,
+                             * a sub-field).  We build a RECFIELD datum
+                             * whether it is or not --- any error will be
+                             * detected later.
+                             */
+                            new = plpgsql_build_recfield(rec, word2);
+                            idents = list_make2(makeString(word1),
+                                                makeString(word2));
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            /* Block-qualified reference to record variable. */
+                            new = plpgsql_build_recfield(rec, word3);
+                            idents = list_make3(makeString(word1),
+                                                makeString(word2),
+                                                makeString(word3));
+                        }
                         wdatum->datum = (PLpgSQL_datum *) new;
                         wdatum->ident = NULL;
                         wdatum->quoted = false; /* not used */
@@ -1578,6 +1592,9 @@ plpgsql_parse_tripword(char *word1, char *word2, char *word3,
     }

     /* Nothing found */
+    idents = list_make3(makeString(word1),
+                        makeString(word2),
+                        makeString(word3));
     cword->idents = idents;
     return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
index 051544a3b4..dece013e23 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
@@ -2004,7 +2004,7 @@ loop_body        : proc_sect K_END K_LOOP opt_label ';'
  * variable.  (The composite case is probably a syntax error, but we'll let
  * the core parser decide that.)  Normally, we should assume that such a
  * word is a SQL statement keyword that isn't also a plpgsql keyword.
- * However, if the next token is assignment or '[', it can't be a valid
+ * However, if the next token is assignment or '[' or '.', it can't be a valid
  * SQL statement, and what we're probably looking at is an intended variable
  * assignment.  Give an appropriate complaint for that, instead of letting
  * the core parser throw an unhelpful "syntax error".
@@ -2023,7 +2023,8 @@ stmt_execsql    : K_IMPORT

                         tok = yylex();
                         plpgsql_push_back_token(tok);
-                        if (tok == '=' || tok == COLON_EQUALS || tok == '[')
+                        if (tok == '=' || tok == COLON_EQUALS ||
+                            tok == '[' || tok == '.')
                             word_is_not_variable(&($1), @1);
                         $$ = make_execsql_stmt(T_WORD, @1);
                     }
@@ -2033,7 +2034,8 @@ stmt_execsql    : K_IMPORT

                         tok = yylex();
                         plpgsql_push_back_token(tok);
-                        if (tok == '=' || tok == COLON_EQUALS || tok == '[')
+                        if (tok == '=' || tok == COLON_EQUALS ||
+                            tok == '[' || tok == '.')
                             cword_is_not_variable(&($1), @1);
                         $$ = make_execsql_stmt(T_CWORD, @1);
                     }
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/sql/plpgsql_array.sql b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/sql/plpgsql_array.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c3f26be10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/sql/plpgsql_array.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+--
+-- Tests for PL/pgSQL handling of array variables
+--
+-- We also check arrays of composites here, so this has some overlap
+-- with the plpgsql_record tests.
+--
+
+create type complex as (r float8, i float8);
+create type quadarray as (c1 complex[], c2 complex);
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := array[1,2]; a[3] := 4; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a[3] := 4; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a[1][4] := 4; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a[1] := 23::text; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;  -- lax typing
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := array[1,2]; a[2:3] := array[3,4]; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := array[1,2]; a[2] := a[2] + 1; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a[1:2] := array[3,4]; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a[1:2] := 4; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;  -- error
+
+do $$ declare a complex[];
+begin a[1] := (1,2); a[1].i := 11; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a complex[];
+begin a[1].i := 11; raise notice 'a = %, a[1].i = %', a, a[1].i; end$$;
+
+-- perhaps this ought to work, but for now it doesn't:
+do $$ declare a complex[];
+begin a[1:2].i := array[11,12]; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a quadarray;
+begin a.c1[1].i := 11; raise notice 'a = %, a.c1[1].i = %', a, a.c1[1].i; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := array_agg(x) from (values(1),(2),(3)) v(x); raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+create temp table onecol as select array[1,2] as f1;
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := f1 from onecol; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := * from onecol for update; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+-- error cases:
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := from onecol; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := f1, f1 from onecol; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+insert into onecol values(array[11]);
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := f1 from onecol; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a int[];
+begin a := f1 from onecol limit 1; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a real;
+begin a[1] := 2; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
+
+do $$ declare a complex;
+begin a.r[1] := 2; raise notice 'a = %', a; end$$;
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/sql/plpgsql_record.sql b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/sql/plpgsql_record.sql
index 128846e610..be10f00b1e 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/sql/plpgsql_record.sql
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/sql/plpgsql_record.sql
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@

 create type two_int4s as (f1 int4, f2 int4);
 create type two_int8s as (q1 int8, q2 int8);
+create type nested_int8s as (c1 two_int8s, c2 two_int8s);

 -- base-case return of a composite type
 create function retc(int) returns two_int8s language plpgsql as
@@ -59,6 +60,47 @@ begin
   raise notice 'c8 = %', c8;
 end$$;

+do $$ declare c two_int8s; d nested_int8s;
+begin
+  c := row(1,2);
+  d := row(c, row(c.q1, c.q2+1));
+  raise notice 'c = %, d = %', c, d;
+  c.q1 := 10;
+  d.c1 := row(11,12);
+  d.c2.q2 := 42;
+  raise notice 'c = %, d = %', c, d;
+  raise notice 'c.q1 = %, d.c2 = %', c.q1, d.c2;
+  raise notice '(d).c2.q2 = %', (d).c2.q2;  -- doesn't work without parens
+  raise notice '(d.c2).q2 = %', (d.c2).q2;  -- doesn't work without parens
+end$$;
+
+-- block-qualified naming
+do $$ <<b>> declare c two_int8s; d nested_int8s;
+begin
+  b.c := row(1,2);
+  b.d := row(b.c, row(b.c.q1, b.c.q2+1));
+  raise notice 'b.c = %, b.d = %', b.c, b.d;
+  b.c.q1 := 10;
+  b.d.c1 := row(11,12);
+  b.d.c2.q2 := 42;
+  raise notice 'b.c = %, b.d = %', b.c, b.d;
+  raise notice 'b.c.q1 = %, b.d.c2 = %', b.c.q1, b.d.c2;
+  raise notice '(b.d).c2.q2 = %', (b.d).c2.q2;  -- doesn't work without parens
+  raise notice '(b.d.c2).q2 = %', (b.d.c2).q2;  -- doesn't work without parens
+end$$;
+
+-- error cases
+do $$ declare c two_int8s; begin c.x = 1; end $$;
+do $$ declare c nested_int8s; begin c.x = 1; end $$;
+do $$ declare c nested_int8s; begin c.x.q1 = 1; end $$;
+do $$ declare c nested_int8s; begin c.c2.x = 1; end $$;
+do $$ declare c nested_int8s; begin d.c2.x = 1; end $$;
+do $$ <<b>> declare c two_int8s; begin b.c.x = 1; end $$;
+do $$ <<b>> declare c nested_int8s; begin b.c.x = 1; end $$;
+do $$ <<b>> declare c nested_int8s; begin b.c.x.q1 = 1; end $$;
+do $$ <<b>> declare c nested_int8s; begin b.c.c2.x = 1; end $$;
+do $$ <<b>> declare c nested_int8s; begin b.d.c2.x = 1; end $$;
+
 -- check passing composite result to another function
 create function getq1(two_int8s) returns int8 language plpgsql as $$
 declare r two_int8s; begin r := $1; return r.q1; end $$;
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
index cb5c7f9fea..5c1db1dcfb 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
@@ -1311,12 +1311,11 @@ copy_plpgsql_datums(PLpgSQL_execstate *estate,

             case PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ROW:
             case PLPGSQL_DTYPE_RECFIELD:
-            case PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ARRAYELEM:

                 /*
                  * These datum records are read-only at runtime, so no need to
-                 * copy them (well, RECFIELD and ARRAYELEM contain cached
-                 * data, but we'd just as soon centralize the caching anyway).
+                 * copy them (well, RECFIELD contains cached data, but we'd
+                 * just as soon centralize the caching anyway).
                  */
                 outdatum = indatum;
                 break;
@@ -4138,9 +4137,6 @@ plpgsql_estate_setup(PLpgSQL_execstate *estate,
  *
  * NB: the result of the evaluation is no longer valid after this is done,
  * unless it is a pass-by-value datatype.
- *
- * NB: if you change this code, see also the hacks in exec_assign_value's
- * PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ARRAYELEM case for partial cleanup after subscript evals.
  * ----------
  */
 static void
@@ -5290,198 +5286,6 @@ exec_assign_value(PLpgSQL_execstate *estate,
                 break;
             }

-        case PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ARRAYELEM:
-            {
-                /*
-                 * Target is an element of an array
-                 */
-                PLpgSQL_arrayelem *arrayelem;
-                int            nsubscripts;
-                int            i;
-                PLpgSQL_expr *subscripts[MAXDIM];
-                int            subscriptvals[MAXDIM];
-                Datum        oldarraydatum,
-                            newarraydatum,
-                            coerced_value;
-                bool        oldarrayisnull;
-                Oid            parenttypoid;
-                int32        parenttypmod;
-                SPITupleTable *save_eval_tuptable;
-                MemoryContext oldcontext;
-
-                /*
-                 * We need to do subscript evaluation, which might require
-                 * evaluating general expressions; and the caller might have
-                 * done that too in order to prepare the input Datum.  We have
-                 * to save and restore the caller's SPI_execute result, if
-                 * any.
-                 */
-                save_eval_tuptable = estate->eval_tuptable;
-                estate->eval_tuptable = NULL;
-
-                /*
-                 * To handle constructs like x[1][2] := something, we have to
-                 * be prepared to deal with a chain of arrayelem datums. Chase
-                 * back to find the base array datum, and save the subscript
-                 * expressions as we go.  (We are scanning right to left here,
-                 * but want to evaluate the subscripts left-to-right to
-                 * minimize surprises.)  Note that arrayelem is left pointing
-                 * to the leftmost arrayelem datum, where we will cache the
-                 * array element type data.
-                 */
-                nsubscripts = 0;
-                do
-                {
-                    arrayelem = (PLpgSQL_arrayelem *) target;
-                    if (nsubscripts >= MAXDIM)
-                        ereport(ERROR,
-                                (errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
-                                 errmsg("number of array dimensions (%d) exceeds the maximum allowed (%d)",
-                                        nsubscripts + 1, MAXDIM)));
-                    subscripts[nsubscripts++] = arrayelem->subscript;
-                    target = estate->datums[arrayelem->arrayparentno];
-                } while (target->dtype == PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ARRAYELEM);
-
-                /* Fetch current value of array datum */
-                exec_eval_datum(estate, target,
-                                &parenttypoid, &parenttypmod,
-                                &oldarraydatum, &oldarrayisnull);
-
-                /* Update cached type data if necessary */
-                if (arrayelem->parenttypoid != parenttypoid ||
-                    arrayelem->parenttypmod != parenttypmod)
-                {
-                    Oid            arraytypoid;
-                    int32        arraytypmod = parenttypmod;
-                    int16        arraytyplen;
-                    Oid            elemtypoid;
-                    int16        elemtyplen;
-                    bool        elemtypbyval;
-                    char        elemtypalign;
-
-                    /* If target is domain over array, reduce to base type */
-                    arraytypoid = getBaseTypeAndTypmod(parenttypoid,
-                                                       &arraytypmod);
-
-                    /* ... and identify the element type */
-                    elemtypoid = get_element_type(arraytypoid);
-                    if (!OidIsValid(elemtypoid))
-                        ereport(ERROR,
-                                (errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
-                                 errmsg("subscripted object is not an array")));
-
-                    /* Collect needed data about the types */
-                    arraytyplen = get_typlen(arraytypoid);
-
-                    get_typlenbyvalalign(elemtypoid,
-                                         &elemtyplen,
-                                         &elemtypbyval,
-                                         &elemtypalign);
-
-                    /* Now safe to update the cached data */
-                    arrayelem->parenttypoid = parenttypoid;
-                    arrayelem->parenttypmod = parenttypmod;
-                    arrayelem->arraytypoid = arraytypoid;
-                    arrayelem->arraytypmod = arraytypmod;
-                    arrayelem->arraytyplen = arraytyplen;
-                    arrayelem->elemtypoid = elemtypoid;
-                    arrayelem->elemtyplen = elemtyplen;
-                    arrayelem->elemtypbyval = elemtypbyval;
-                    arrayelem->elemtypalign = elemtypalign;
-                }
-
-                /*
-                 * Evaluate the subscripts, switch into left-to-right order.
-                 * Like the expression built by ExecInitSubscriptingRef(),
-                 * complain if any subscript is null.
-                 */
-                for (i = 0; i < nsubscripts; i++)
-                {
-                    bool        subisnull;
-
-                    subscriptvals[i] =
-                        exec_eval_integer(estate,
-                                          subscripts[nsubscripts - 1 - i],
-                                          &subisnull);
-                    if (subisnull)
-                        ereport(ERROR,
-                                (errcode(ERRCODE_NULL_VALUE_NOT_ALLOWED),
-                                 errmsg("array subscript in assignment must not be null")));
-
-                    /*
-                     * Clean up in case the subscript expression wasn't
-                     * simple. We can't do exec_eval_cleanup, but we can do
-                     * this much (which is safe because the integer subscript
-                     * value is surely pass-by-value), and we must do it in
-                     * case the next subscript expression isn't simple either.
-                     */
-                    if (estate->eval_tuptable != NULL)
-                        SPI_freetuptable(estate->eval_tuptable);
-                    estate->eval_tuptable = NULL;
-                }
-
-                /* Now we can restore caller's SPI_execute result if any. */
-                Assert(estate->eval_tuptable == NULL);
-                estate->eval_tuptable = save_eval_tuptable;
-
-                /* Coerce source value to match array element type. */
-                coerced_value = exec_cast_value(estate,
-                                                value,
-                                                &isNull,
-                                                valtype,
-                                                valtypmod,
-                                                arrayelem->elemtypoid,
-                                                arrayelem->arraytypmod);
-
-                /*
-                 * If the original array is null, cons up an empty array so
-                 * that the assignment can proceed; we'll end with a
-                 * one-element array containing just the assigned-to
-                 * subscript.  This only works for varlena arrays, though; for
-                 * fixed-length array types we skip the assignment.  We can't
-                 * support assignment of a null entry into a fixed-length
-                 * array, either, so that's a no-op too.  This is all ugly but
-                 * corresponds to the current behavior of execExpr*.c.
-                 */
-                if (arrayelem->arraytyplen > 0 &&    /* fixed-length array? */
-                    (oldarrayisnull || isNull))
-                    return;
-
-                /* empty array, if any, and newarraydatum are short-lived */
-                oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(get_eval_mcontext(estate));
-
-                if (oldarrayisnull)
-                    oldarraydatum = PointerGetDatum(construct_empty_array(arrayelem->elemtypoid));
-
-                /*
-                 * Build the modified array value.
-                 */
-                newarraydatum = array_set_element(oldarraydatum,
-                                                  nsubscripts,
-                                                  subscriptvals,
-                                                  coerced_value,
-                                                  isNull,
-                                                  arrayelem->arraytyplen,
-                                                  arrayelem->elemtyplen,
-                                                  arrayelem->elemtypbyval,
-                                                  arrayelem->elemtypalign);
-
-                MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
-
-                /*
-                 * Assign the new array to the base variable.  It's never NULL
-                 * at this point.  Note that if the target is a domain,
-                 * coercing the base array type back up to the domain will
-                 * happen within exec_assign_value.
-                 */
-                exec_assign_value(estate, target,
-                                  newarraydatum,
-                                  false,
-                                  arrayelem->arraytypoid,
-                                  arrayelem->arraytypmod);
-                break;
-            }
-
         default:
             elog(ERROR, "unrecognized dtype: %d", target->dtype);
     }
@@ -5492,8 +5296,8 @@ exec_assign_value(PLpgSQL_execstate *estate,
  *
  * The type oid, typmod, value in Datum format, and null flag are returned.
  *
- * At present this doesn't handle PLpgSQL_expr or PLpgSQL_arrayelem datums;
- * that's not needed because we never pass references to such datums to SPI.
+ * At present this doesn't handle PLpgSQL_expr datums; that's not needed
+ * because we never pass references to such datums to SPI.
  *
  * NOTE: the returned Datum points right at the stored value in the case of
  * pass-by-reference datatypes.  Generally callers should take care not to
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_funcs.c b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_funcs.c
index ee60ced583..17895872c0 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_funcs.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_funcs.c
@@ -768,9 +768,6 @@ plpgsql_free_function_memory(PLpgSQL_function *func)
                 break;
             case PLPGSQL_DTYPE_RECFIELD:
                 break;
-            case PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ARRAYELEM:
-                free_expr(((PLpgSQL_arrayelem *) d)->subscript);
-                break;
             default:
                 elog(ERROR, "unrecognized data type: %d", d->dtype);
         }
@@ -1704,12 +1701,6 @@ plpgsql_dumptree(PLpgSQL_function *func)
                        ((PLpgSQL_recfield *) d)->fieldname,
                        ((PLpgSQL_recfield *) d)->recparentno);
                 break;
-            case PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ARRAYELEM:
-                printf("ARRAYELEM of VAR %d subscript ",
-                       ((PLpgSQL_arrayelem *) d)->arrayparentno);
-                dump_expr(((PLpgSQL_arrayelem *) d)->subscript);
-                printf("\n");
-                break;
             default:
                 printf("??? unknown data type %d\n", d->dtype);
         }
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
index dece013e23..4e7df1c2bb 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_gram.y
@@ -177,11 +177,10 @@ static    void            check_raise_parameters(PLpgSQL_stmt_raise *stmt);
 %type <list>    decl_cursor_arglist
 %type <nsitem>    decl_aliasitem

-%type <expr>    expr_until_semi expr_until_rightbracket
+%type <expr>    expr_until_semi
 %type <expr>    expr_until_then expr_until_loop opt_expr_until_when
 %type <expr>    opt_exitcond

-%type <datum>    assign_var
 %type <var>        cursor_variable
 %type <datum>    decl_cursor_arg
 %type <forvariable>    for_variable
@@ -1155,16 +1154,23 @@ getdiag_item :
                     }
                 ;

-getdiag_target    : assign_var
+getdiag_target    : T_DATUM
                     {
-                        if ($1->dtype == PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ROW ||
-                            $1->dtype == PLPGSQL_DTYPE_REC)
+                        /*
+                         * In principle we should support a getdiag_target
+                         * that is an array element, but for now we don't, so
+                         * just throw an error if next token is '['.
+                         */
+                        if ($1.datum->dtype == PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ROW ||
+                            $1.datum->dtype == PLPGSQL_DTYPE_REC ||
+                            plpgsql_peek() == '[')
                             ereport(ERROR,
                                     (errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
                                      errmsg("\"%s\" is not a scalar variable",
-                                            ((PLpgSQL_variable *) $1)->refname),
+                                            NameOfDatum(&($1))),
                                      parser_errposition(@1)));
-                        $$ = $1;
+                        check_assignable($1.datum, @1);
+                        $$ = $1.datum;
                     }
                 | T_WORD
                     {
@@ -1178,29 +1184,6 @@ getdiag_target    : assign_var
                     }
                 ;

-
-assign_var        : T_DATUM
-                    {
-                        check_assignable($1.datum, @1);
-                        $$ = $1.datum;
-                    }
-                | assign_var '[' expr_until_rightbracket
-                    {
-                        PLpgSQL_arrayelem    *new;
-
-                        new = palloc0(sizeof(PLpgSQL_arrayelem));
-                        new->dtype        = PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ARRAYELEM;
-                        new->subscript    = $3;
-                        new->arrayparentno = $1->dno;
-                        /* initialize cached type data to "not valid" */
-                        new->parenttypoid = InvalidOid;
-
-                        plpgsql_adddatum((PLpgSQL_datum *) new);
-
-                        $$ = (PLpgSQL_datum *) new;
-                    }
-                ;
-
 stmt_if            : K_IF expr_until_then proc_sect stmt_elsifs stmt_else K_END K_IF ';'
                     {
                         PLpgSQL_stmt_if *new;
@@ -2471,10 +2454,6 @@ expr_until_semi :
                     { $$ = read_sql_expression(';', ";"); }
                 ;

-expr_until_rightbracket :
-                    { $$ = read_sql_expression(']', "]"); }
-                ;
-
 expr_until_then :
                     { $$ = read_sql_expression(K_THEN, "THEN"); }
                 ;
@@ -3493,11 +3472,6 @@ check_assignable(PLpgSQL_datum *datum, int location)
             check_assignable(plpgsql_Datums[((PLpgSQL_recfield *) datum)->recparentno],
                              location);
             break;
-        case PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ARRAYELEM:
-            /* assignable if parent array is */
-            check_assignable(plpgsql_Datums[((PLpgSQL_arrayelem *) datum)->arrayparentno],
-                             location);
-            break;
         default:
             elog(ERROR, "unrecognized dtype: %d", datum->dtype);
             break;
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h
index d152a4354b..a7791dc490 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ typedef enum PLpgSQL_datum_type
     PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ROW,
     PLPGSQL_DTYPE_REC,
     PLPGSQL_DTYPE_RECFIELD,
-    PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ARRAYELEM,
     PLPGSQL_DTYPE_PROMISE
 } PLpgSQL_datum_type;

@@ -261,7 +260,7 @@ typedef struct PLpgSQL_expr
  * Generic datum array item
  *
  * PLpgSQL_datum is the common supertype for PLpgSQL_var, PLpgSQL_row,
- * PLpgSQL_rec, PLpgSQL_recfield, and PLpgSQL_arrayelem.
+ * PLpgSQL_rec, and PLpgSQL_recfield.
  */
 typedef struct PLpgSQL_datum
 {
@@ -422,30 +421,6 @@ typedef struct PLpgSQL_recfield
     /* if rectupledescid == INVALID_TUPLEDESC_IDENTIFIER, finfo isn't valid */
 } PLpgSQL_recfield;

-/*
- * Element of array variable
- */
-typedef struct PLpgSQL_arrayelem
-{
-    PLpgSQL_datum_type dtype;
-    int            dno;
-    /* end of PLpgSQL_datum fields */
-
-    PLpgSQL_expr *subscript;
-    int            arrayparentno;    /* dno of parent array variable */
-
-    /* Remaining fields are cached info about the array variable's type */
-    Oid            parenttypoid;    /* type of array variable; 0 if not yet set */
-    int32        parenttypmod;    /* typmod of array variable */
-    Oid            arraytypoid;    /* OID of actual array type */
-    int32        arraytypmod;    /* typmod of array (and its elements too) */
-    int16        arraytyplen;    /* typlen of array type */
-    Oid            elemtypoid;        /* OID of array element type */
-    int16        elemtyplen;        /* typlen of element type */
-    bool        elemtypbyval;    /* element type is pass-by-value? */
-    char        elemtypalign;    /* typalign of element type */
-} PLpgSQL_arrayelem;
-
 /*
  * Item in the compilers namespace tree
  */
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/plpgsql.out b/src/test/regress/expected/plpgsql.out
index 6ae1b6e3d4..5a0bd1610c 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/plpgsql.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/plpgsql.out
@@ -4230,7 +4230,6 @@ drop function tftest(int);
 create or replace function rttest()
 returns setof int as $$
 declare rc int;
-  rca int[];
 begin
   return query values(10),(20);
   get diagnostics rc = row_count;
@@ -4239,12 +4238,11 @@ begin
   get diagnostics rc = row_count;
   raise notice '% %', found, rc;
   return query execute 'values(10),(20)';
-  -- just for fun, let's use array elements as targets
-  get diagnostics rca[1] = row_count;
-  raise notice '% %', found, rca[1];
+  get diagnostics rc = row_count;
+  raise notice '% %', found, rc;
   return query execute 'select * from (values(10),(20)) f(a) where false';
-  get diagnostics rca[2] = row_count;
-  raise notice '% %', found, rca[2];
+  get diagnostics rc = row_count;
+  raise notice '% %', found, rc;
 end;
 $$ language plpgsql;
 select * from rttest();
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/plpgsql.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/plpgsql.sql
index 07c60c80e4..781666a83a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/plpgsql.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/plpgsql.sql
@@ -3497,7 +3497,6 @@ drop function tftest(int);
 create or replace function rttest()
 returns setof int as $$
 declare rc int;
-  rca int[];
 begin
   return query values(10),(20);
   get diagnostics rc = row_count;
@@ -3506,12 +3505,11 @@ begin
   get diagnostics rc = row_count;
   raise notice '% %', found, rc;
   return query execute 'values(10),(20)';
-  -- just for fun, let's use array elements as targets
-  get diagnostics rca[1] = row_count;
-  raise notice '% %', found, rca[1];
+  get diagnostics rc = row_count;
+  raise notice '% %', found, rc;
   return query execute 'select * from (values(10),(20)) f(a) where false';
-  get diagnostics rca[2] = row_count;
-  raise notice '% %', found, rca[2];
+  get diagnostics rc = row_count;
+  raise notice '% %', found, rc;
 end;
 $$ language plpgsql;


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