Fix README quick example: use $batch.* row-set expansion#257
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The Quick Example used `id = ANY($batch)`, but a bare $var substitutes only the first column of the first captured row as a scalar, so the generated SQL was `id = ANY(1)` and failed with "op ANY/ALL (array) requires array on right side". Use the $batch.* row-set expansion instead, referencing the captured result as a subquery: `id IN (SELECT id FROM $batch.*)`.
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Problem
The Quick Example in the README failed at runtime:
A bare
$varcapture substitutes only the first column of the first row as a scalar. The capturebatchholds{"rows":[{"id":1},{"id":2},...]}, so$batchexpanded to1and the UPDATE became... WHERE id = ANY(1), which is invalid because1is not an array.Fix
Use the
$batch.*row-set expansion, which expands the captured result into an inline(VALUES ...) AS batch(id), referenced as a subquery:Verification
Ran the corrected example against a local pg_durable instance: the instance reached
completedand the expected rows were updated toprocessed = true.