Re: array support patch phase 1 patch

From: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Patches (PostgreSQL)" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: array support patch phase 1 patch
Date: 2003-03-30 22:12:17
Message-ID: 3E876BC1.9010706@joeconway.com
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> writes:
>>Any suggestions? I was toying with the idea that an isarray attribute
>>should be added to pg_type -- thoughts on that?
>
> Don't think you need it to go in that direction: the property of having
> nonzero typelem indicates that something is an array.

But I don't think of the following as arrays, at least not in the same
sense of _text, etc.:

regression=# select typname from pg_type where typelem != 0 and typname
not like '\\_%';
typname
------------
name
int2vector
oidvector
point
lseg
box
line
(7 rows)

Joe

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