I've checked my code and it does not seem to run past any limits. I am
filling the arrays in sequential order, extending each one in parallel
with the others.

The null problem fixed the code for some cases but I'm still having
problems in general and with the same error message but reported in
another place.

Paul


Tom Lane wrote:
> "Paul B. Anderson" <paul.a@pnlassociates.com> writes:
>
>> I have a large stored procedure with 16 arrays, mostly varchar, each
>> with dimension 3000. The procedure works fine on a small number of rows
>> used from these arrays but gets the following error for large rowsets:
>>
>
>
>> ERROR: invalid array subscripts
>>
>
> Right offhand I only see that error being thrown for out-of-range array
> subscripts. Are you maybe trying to fill the arrays in nonsequential
> order?
>
>
>> If I comment out two particular arrays (that can have null values), it
>> also runs OK.
>>
>
> As already noted, we don't support nulls in arrays before 8.2, but
> I'm not exactly sure how that omission leads to this error message.
>
> regards, tom lane
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