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.\"     Title: SPI_modifytuple
.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\"      Date: 2024
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 15.6 Documentation
.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 15.6
.\"  Language: English
.\"
.TH "SPI_MODIFYTUPLE" "3" "2024" "PostgreSQL 15.6" "PostgreSQL 15.6 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
SPI_modifytuple \- create a row by replacing selected fields of a given row
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
HeapTuple SPI_modifytuple(Relation \fIrel\fR, HeapTuple \fIrow\fR, int \fIncols\fR,
                          int * \fIcolnum\fR, Datum * \fIvalues\fR, const char * \fInulls\fR)
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBSPI_modifytuple\fR
creates a new row by substituting new values for selected columns, copying the original row\*(Aqs columns at other positions\&. The input row is not modified\&. The new row is returned in the upper executor context\&.
.PP
This function can only be used while connected to SPI\&. Otherwise, it returns NULL and sets
\fISPI_result\fR
to
SPI_ERROR_UNCONNECTED\&.
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
Relation \fIrel\fR
.RS 4
Used only as the source of the row descriptor for the row\&. (Passing a relation rather than a row descriptor is a misfeature\&.)
.RE
.PP
HeapTuple \fIrow\fR
.RS 4
row to be modified
.RE
.PP
int \fIncols\fR
.RS 4
number of columns to be changed
.RE
.PP
int * \fIcolnum\fR
.RS 4
an array of length
\fIncols\fR, containing the numbers of the columns that are to be changed (column numbers start at 1)
.RE
.PP
Datum * \fIvalues\fR
.RS 4
an array of length
\fIncols\fR, containing the new values for the specified columns
.RE
.PP
const char * \fInulls\fR
.RS 4
an array of length
\fIncols\fR, describing which new values are null
.sp
If
\fInulls\fR
is
NULL
then
\fBSPI_modifytuple\fR
assumes that no new values are null\&. Otherwise, each entry of the
\fInulls\fR
array should be
\*(Aq\ \&\*(Aq
if the corresponding new value is non\-null, or
\*(Aqn\*(Aq
if the corresponding new value is null\&. (In the latter case, the actual value in the corresponding
\fIvalues\fR
entry doesn\*(Aqt matter\&.) Note that
\fInulls\fR
is not a text string, just an array: it does not need a
\*(Aq\e0\*(Aq
terminator\&.
.RE
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
new row with modifications, allocated in the upper executor context, or
NULL
on error (see
\fISPI_result\fR
for an error indication)
.PP
On error,
\fISPI_result\fR
is set as follows:
.PP
SPI_ERROR_ARGUMENT
.RS 4
if
\fIrel\fR
is
NULL, or if
\fIrow\fR
is
NULL, or if
\fIncols\fR
is less than or equal to 0, or if
\fIcolnum\fR
is
NULL, or if
\fIvalues\fR
is
NULL\&.
.RE
.PP
SPI_ERROR_NOATTRIBUTE
.RS 4
if
\fIcolnum\fR
contains an invalid column number (less than or equal to 0 or greater than the number of columns in
\fIrow\fR)
.RE
.PP
SPI_ERROR_UNCONNECTED
.RS 4
if SPI is not active
.RE