diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/arrays.out b/src/test/regress/expected/arrays.out
index b0869a9495..c100ea6ce4 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/arrays.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/arrays.out
@@ -1,61 +1,79 @@
-QUERY: SELECT * FROM arrtest;
-a          |b              |c            |d                |e            |f                |g              
------------+---------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------+-----------------+---------------
-{1,2,3,4,5}|{{{0,0},{1,2}}}|{}           |{}               |             |{}               |{}             
-{11,12,23} |{{3,4},{4,5}}  |{"foobar"}   |{{"elt1","elt2"}}|{"3.4","6.7"}|{"abc  ","abcde"}|{"abc","abcde"}
-{}         |{3,4}          |{"foo","bar"}|{"bar","foo"}    |             |                 |               
+--
+-- ARRAYS
+--
+SELECT * FROM arrtest;
+      a      |        b        |       c       |         d         |       e       |         f         |        g        
+-------------+-----------------+---------------+-------------------+---------------+-------------------+-----------------
+ {1,2,3,4,5} | {{{0,0},{1,2}}} | {}            | {}                |               | {}                | {}
+ {11,12,23}  | {{3,4},{4,5}}   | {"foobar"}    | {{"elt1","elt2"}} | {"3.4","6.7"} | {"abc  ","abcde"} | {"abc","abcde"}
+ {}          | {3,4}           | {"foo","bar"} | {"bar","foo"}     |               |                   | 
 (3 rows)
 
-QUERY: SELECT arrtest.a[1],
+SELECT arrtest.a[1],
           arrtest.b[1][1][1],
           arrtest.c[1],
-          arrtest.d[1][1],
+          arrtest.d[1][1], 
           arrtest.e[0]
    FROM arrtest;
- a|b|c     |d   |e
---+-+------+----+-
- 1|0|      |    | 
-11| |foobar|elt1| 
-  | |foo   |    | 
+ a  | b |   c    |  d   | e 
+----+---+--------+------+---
+  1 | 0 |        |      |  
+ 11 |   | foobar | elt1 |  
+    |   | foo    |      |  
 (3 rows)
 
-QUERY: SELECT arrtest.a[1:3],
-          arrtest.b[1:1][1:2][1:2],
-          arrtest.c[1:2],
-          arrtest.d[1:1][1:2]
+SELECT a[1], b[1][1][1], c[1], d[1][1], e[0]
    FROM arrtest;
-a         |b              |c            |d                
-----------+---------------+-------------+-----------------
-{1,2,3}   |{{{0,0},{1,2}}}|             |                 
-{11,12,23}|               |             |{{"elt1","elt2"}}
-          |               |{"foo","bar"}|                 
+ a  | b |   c    |  d   | e 
+----+---+--------+------+---
+  1 | 0 |        |      |  
+ 11 |   | foobar | elt1 |  
+    |   | foo    |      |  
 (3 rows)
 
-QUERY: SELECT array_dims(arrtest.b) AS x;
-x              
----------------
-[1:1][1:2][1:2]
-[1:2][1:2]     
-[1:2]          
+SELECT a[1:3],
+          b[1:1][1:2][1:2],
+          c[1:2], 
+          d[1:1][1:2]
+   FROM arrtest;
+     a      |        b        |       c       |         d         
+------------+-----------------+---------------+-------------------
+ {1,2,3}    | {{{0,0},{1,2}}} |               | 
+ {11,12,23} |                 |               | {{"elt1","elt2"}}
+            |                 | {"foo","bar"} | 
 (3 rows)
 
-QUERY: SELECT *
+-- returns three different results--
+SELECT array_dims(arrtest.b) AS x;
+        x        
+-----------------
+ [1:1][1:2][1:2]
+ [1:2][1:2]
+ [1:2]
+(3 rows)
+
+-- returns nothing 
+SELECT *
    FROM arrtest
-   WHERE arrtest.a[1] < 5 and
-         arrtest.c = '{"foobar"}'::_name;
-a|b|c|d|e|f|g
--+-+-+-+-+-+-
+   WHERE a[1] < 5 and 
+         c = '{"foobar"}'::_name;
+ a | b | c | d | e | f | g 
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---
 (0 rows)
 
-QUERY: SELECT arrtest.a[1:3],
-          arrtest.b[1:1][1:2][1:2],
-          arrtest.c[1:2],
-          arrtest.d[1:1][1:2]
+UPDATE arrtest
+  SET a[1:2] = '{16,25}',
+      b[1:1][1:1][1:2] = '{113, 117}', 
+      c[1:1] = '{"new_word"}';
+SELECT a[1:3],
+          b[1:1][1:2][1:2],
+          c[1:2], 
+          d[1:1][2:2]
    FROM arrtest;
-a         |b              |c            |d                
-----------+---------------+-------------+-----------------
-{1,2,3}   |{{{0,0},{1,2}}}|             |                 
-{11,12,23}|               |             |{{"elt1","elt2"}}
-          |               |{"foo","bar"}|                 
+     a      |          b          |         c          |     d      
+------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------
+ {16,25,3}  | {{{113,117},{1,2}}} |                    | 
+ {16,25,23} |                     |                    | {{"elt2"}}
+            |                     | {"new_word","bar"} | 
 (3 rows)
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/arrays.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/arrays.sql
index c403ad5bef..58615a66b9 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/arrays.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/arrays.sql
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ SELECT arrtest.a[1],
           arrtest.d[1][1], 
           arrtest.e[0]
    FROM arrtest;
--- ??? what about
--- SELECT a[1], b[1][1][1], c[1], d[1][1], e[0]
---    FROM arrtest;
 
-SELECT arrtest.a[1:3],
-          arrtest.b[1:1][1:2][1:2],
-          arrtest.c[1:2], 
-          arrtest.d[1:1][1:2]
+SELECT a[1], b[1][1][1], c[1], d[1][1], e[0]
+   FROM arrtest;
+
+SELECT a[1:3],
+          b[1:1][1:2][1:2],
+          c[1:2], 
+          d[1:1][1:2]
    FROM arrtest;
 
 -- returns three different results--
@@ -26,18 +26,16 @@ SELECT array_dims(arrtest.b) AS x;
 -- returns nothing 
 SELECT *
    FROM arrtest
-   WHERE arrtest.a[1] < 5 and 
-         arrtest.c = '{"foobar"}'::_name;
+   WHERE a[1] < 5 and 
+         c = '{"foobar"}'::_name;
 
--- updating array subranges seems to be broken
--- 
--- UPDATE arrtest
---   SET a[1:2] = '{16,25}',
---       b[1:1][1:1][1:2] = '{113, 117}', 
---       c[1:1] = '{"new_word"}';
+UPDATE arrtest
+  SET a[1:2] = '{16,25}',
+      b[1:1][1:1][1:2] = '{113, 117}', 
+      c[1:1] = '{"new_word"}';
 
-SELECT arrtest.a[1:3],
-          arrtest.b[1:1][1:2][1:2],
-          arrtest.c[1:2], 
-          arrtest.d[1:1][1:2]
+SELECT a[1:3],
+          b[1:1][1:2][1:2],
+          c[1:2], 
+          d[1:1][2:2]
    FROM arrtest;