diff --git a/include/tao/pq/result_traits_array.hpp b/include/tao/pq/result_traits_array.hpp
index 6e80b73..c546ddf 100644
--- a/include/tao/pq/result_traits_array.hpp
+++ b/include/tao/pq/result_traits_array.hpp
@@ -58,15 +58,19 @@ namespace tao::pq
       }
 
       template< typename T >
+         requires( !pq::is_array_result< T > ) && ( result_traits_size< T > >= 2 )
       [[nodiscard]] auto parse_element( const char*& value ) -> T
       {
-         if constexpr( result_traits_size< T > >= 2 ) {
-            if( *value++ != '{' ) {
-               throw std::invalid_argument( "expected '{'" );
-            }
-            throw std::runtime_error( "NOT YET IMPLEMENTED" );
+         if( *value++ != '{' ) {
+            throw std::invalid_argument( "expected '{'" );
          }
-         else if( *value == '"' ) {
+         throw std::runtime_error( "NOT YET IMPLEMENTED" );
+      }
+
+      template< typename T >
+      [[nodiscard]] auto parse_element( const char*& value ) -> T
+      {
+         if( *value == '"' ) {
             ++value;
             std::string input;
             while( const auto* pos = std::strpbrk( value, "\\\"" ) ) {
@@ -117,7 +121,12 @@ namespace tao::pq
          }
          while( true ) {
             using value_type = std::decay_t< decltype( container ) >::value_type;
-            container.push_back( internal::parse_element< value_type >( value ) );
+            if constexpr( requires { container.push_back( internal::parse_element< value_type >( value ) ); } ) {
+               container.push_back( internal::parse_element< value_type >( value ) );
+            }
+            else {
+               container.insert( internal::parse_element< value_type >( value ) );
+            }
             switch( *value++ ) {
                case ',':
                case ';':
diff --git a/src/test/pq/array.cpp b/src/test/pq/array.cpp
index 928b610..e7a311c 100644
--- a/src/test/pq/array.cpp
+++ b/src/test/pq/array.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <exception>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <optional>
+#include <set>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ namespace
          connection->execute( "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tao_array_test" );
          connection->execute( "CREATE TABLE tao_array_test ( a TEXT[][] NOT NULL )" );
 
-         using type = std::vector< std::vector< std::string > >;
+         using type = std::vector< std::set< std::string > >;
          const type v = { { "1", "F\"O\\O", "NULL" }, { "4", " XYZ ", "6" } };
          connection->execute( "INSERT INTO tao_array_test VALUES ( $1 )", v );