Re: Supporting NULL elements in arrays

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Pollard, Mike" <mpollard(at)cincom(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Supporting NULL elements in arrays
Date: 2005-11-08 15:57:11
Message-ID: 6047.1131465431@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Pollard, Mike" <mpollard(at)cincom(dot)com> writes:
> Can you use a default to allow the user to specify the default value for
> an element?

There's no mechanism for specifying a default value for individual
elements within an array; and I've never heard one asked for. Certainly
it's far less interesting than allowing nulls within an array. So
I don't think we need to give pride of syntax place to that.

regards, tom lane

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