Consider the following 2-D ARRAY data type and table.
CREATE TYPE shot_ary AS VARRAY(1:50)(1:50) OF INTEGER; CREATE TABLE seismic_table ( id INTEGER, shots shot_ary);
The table is populated with the following values:
/* The first 2 elements are populated; the rest are uninitialized. */ INSERT INTO seismic_table VALUES (1, shot_ary(11, 12)); /* Empty ARRAY instance */ INSERT INTO seismic_table VALUES (2, shot_ary()); /* Update the empty ARRAY instance such that element [1][3] is set to a value; then elements [1][1] and [1][2] are set to NULL, the rest are uninitialized */ UPDATE seismic_table SET shots[1][3] = 1133 WHERE id = 2;
The following query checks to see whether element [1][2] of the shots array contains a value.
SELECT id, shots.OEXISTS(NEW arrayVec(1, 2)) FROM seismic_table;
The following is the result of the query.
ID shots.OEXISTS(new arrayVec(1, 2)) -- --------------------------------- 1 1 (element [1][2] contains a value that is non-NULL) 2 1 (element [1][2] contains a NULL)
The following query checks to see whether element [1][3] of the shots array contains a value.
SELECT id, shots.OEXISTS(NEW arrayVec(1, 3)) FROM seismic_table;
The following is the result of the query.
ID shots.OEXISTS(NEW arrayVec(1, 3)) -- --------------------------------- 1 0 (element [1][3] is in an uninitialized state) 2 1 (element [1][3] contains a value that is non-NULL)