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>SPI_modifytuple</H1
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NAME="AEN51936"
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><H2
>Name</H2
>SPI_modifytuple&nbsp;--&nbsp;create a row by replacing selected fields of a given row</DIV
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>HeapTuple SPI_modifytuple(Relation <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>rel</TT
>, HeapTuple <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>row</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>ncols</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>colnum</TT
>, Datum * <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>values</TT
>, const char * <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>nulls</TT
>)</PRE
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><P
>   <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SPI_modifytuple</CODE
> creates a new row by
   substituting new values for selected columns, copying the original
   row's columns at other positions.  The input row is not modified.
  </P
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><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>Relation <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>rel</TT
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      Used only as the source of the row descriptor for the row.
      (Passing a relation rather than a row descriptor is a
      misfeature.)
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>HeapTuple <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>row</TT
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      row to be modified
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>int <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>ncols</TT
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      number of column numbers in the array
      <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>colnum</TT
>
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>int * <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>colnum</TT
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      array of the numbers of the columns that are to be changed
      (column numbers start at 1)
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>Datum * <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>values</TT
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      new values for the specified columns
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>const char * <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>Nulls</TT
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      which new values are null, if any (see
      <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SPI_execute_plan</CODE
> for the format)
     </P
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>Return Value</H2
><P
>   new row with modifications, allocated in the upper executor
   context; <TT
CLASS="SYMBOL"
>NULL</TT
> only if <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>row</TT
>
   is <TT
CLASS="SYMBOL"
>NULL</TT
>
  </P
><P
>   On error, <TT
CLASS="VARNAME"
>SPI_result</TT
> is set as follows:
   <P
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><TT
CLASS="SYMBOL"
>SPI_ERROR_ARGUMENT</TT
></DT
><DD
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>       if <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>rel</TT
> is <TT
CLASS="SYMBOL"
>NULL</TT
>, or if
       <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>row</TT
> is <TT
CLASS="SYMBOL"
>NULL</TT
>, or if <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>ncols</TT
>
       is less than or equal to 0, or if <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>colnum</TT
> is
       <TT
CLASS="SYMBOL"
>NULL</TT
>, or if <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>values</TT
> is <TT
CLASS="SYMBOL"
>NULL</TT
>.
      </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="SYMBOL"
>SPI_ERROR_NOATTRIBUTE</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>       if <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>colnum</TT
> contains an invalid column number (less
       than or equal to 0 or greater than the number of column in
       <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>row</TT
>)
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