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SPI_MODIFYTUPLE(3)	  PostgreSQL 18.6 Documentation       SPI_MODIFYTUPLE(3)

NAME
     SPI_modifytuple - create a row by replacing selected fields of a given row

SYNOPSIS
     HeapTuple SPI_modifytuple(Relation rel, HeapTuple row, int ncols,
			       int * colnum, Datum * values, const char * nulls)

DESCRIPTION
     SPI_modifytuple  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. The new row is returned in the upper executor context.

     This  function  can  only be used while connected to SPI. Otherwise, it re-
     turns NULL and sets SPI_result to SPI_ERROR_UNCONNECTED.

ARGUMENTS
     Relation rel
	 Used only as the source of the row descriptor for the row.  (Passing  a
	 relation rather than a row descriptor is a misfeature.)

     HeapTuple row
	 row to be modified

     int ncols
	 number of columns to be changed

     int * colnum
	 an  array  of	length ncols, containing the numbers of the columns that
	 are to be changed (column numbers start at 1)

     Datum * values
	 an array of length ncols, containing the new values for  the  specified
	 columns

     const char * nulls
	 an array of length ncols, describing which new values are null

	 If  nulls  is	NULL then SPI_modifytuple assumes that no new values are
	 null. Otherwise, each entry of the nulls array should	be  ' '  if  the
	 corresponding	new  value  is non-null, or 'n' if the corresponding new
	 value is null. (In the latter case, the actual value in the correspond-
	 ing values entry doesn't matter.) Note that nulls is not a text string,
	 just an array: it does not need a '\0' terminator.

RETURN VALUE
     new row with modifications, allocated in the  upper  executor  context,  or
     NULL on error (see SPI_result for an error indication)

     On error, SPI_result is set as follows:

     SPI_ERROR_ARGUMENT
	 if rel is NULL, or if row is NULL, or if ncols is less than or equal to
	 0, or if colnum is NULL, or if values is NULL.

     SPI_ERROR_NOATTRIBUTE
	 if colnum contains an invalid column number (less than or equal to 0 or
	 greater than the number of columns in row)

     SPI_ERROR_UNCONNECTED
	 if SPI is not active

PostgreSQL 18.6 		      2026		      SPI_MODIFYTUPLE(3)

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