Re: GSoC 2017: Foreign Key Arrays

Mark Rofail wrote:
> Okay, so major breakthrough.
>
> *Updates:*
>
> - The operator @>(anyarray, anyelement) is now functional
> - The segmentation fault was due to applying PG_FREE_IF_COPY on a
> datum when it should only be applied on TOASTed inputs
> - The only problem now is if for example you apply the operator as
> follows '{AAAAAAAAAA646'}' @> 'AAAAAAAAAA646' it maps to @>(anyarray,
> anyarray) since 'AAAAAAAAAA646' is interpreted as char[] instead of Text
> - Added some regression tests (src/test/regress/sql/arrays.sql) and
> their results(src/test/regress/expected/arrays.out)
> - wokred on the new GIN strategy, I don't think it would vary much from
> GinContainsStrategy.

OK, that's great.

> *What I plan to do:*
>
> - I need to start working on the Referential Integrity code but I don't
> where to start

You need to study the old patch posted by Marco Nenciarini.

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