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

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org (PostgreSQL-development)
Cc: Andreas(dot)Zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at
Subject: Re: AW: [HACKERS] Re: atttypmod of 0
Date: 1998-02-07 06:09:22
Message-ID: 199802070609.BAA14472@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.

OK, atttypmod now defaults to -1. Initdb everyone.

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

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