From be18d757ed01521f4afbd2b6d72c593a87b0d0c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malthe Borch <mborch@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:57:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix empty array parsing

---
 src/protocol.ts     | 4 +++-
 test/result.test.ts | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/protocol.ts b/src/protocol.ts
index b55e7e1..7cf8146 100644
--- a/src/protocol.ts
+++ b/src/protocol.ts
@@ -512,7 +512,9 @@ export function readRowData(
 
                         offset += 4;
 
-                        if (dimCount === 0) {
+                        if (dimCount < 0) {
+                            value = [];
+                        } else if (dimCount === 0) {
                             const size = buffer.readInt32BE(offset);
                             offset += 8;
                             value = readArray(size);
diff --git a/test/result.test.ts b/test/result.test.ts
index 37b06c9..86bd7fb 100644
--- a/test/result.test.ts
+++ b/test/result.test.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ describe('Result', () => {
         deepEqual(row.a, [null]);
     });
 
+    test('Parse empty array', async ({ client }) => {
+        const row = await client.query("select '{}'::text[] as a").one();
+        deepEqual(row.a, []);
+    });
+
     test('Format array containing null value', async ({ client }) => {
         const row = await client
             .query('select $1::text[] as a', [[null]])