Re: AW: [HACKERS] Re: atttypmod of 0

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andreas(dot)Zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at (Zeugswetter Andreas DBT)
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: AW: [HACKERS] Re: atttypmod of 0
Date: 1998-02-06 19:12:47
Message-ID: 199802061912.OAA25478@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Yes, I think to change atttypmod to default to -1 would be the right
> thing,
> since the empty string '' really has a length of 0,
> We could think of -1 as: We don't know how long this field will be.
> 0 would mean the field has 0 bytes.

Do people want atttypmod at -1 at this time? It will require a
dump/reload.

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Bruce Momjian
maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us

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