| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: format_type infelicity |
| Date: | 2001-11-19 14:40:01 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0111191503070.612-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Tom Lane writes:
> I think an appropriate fix would be to make the format_type function
> distinguish between format_type(typeoid, -1) and format_type(typeoid,
> NULL), which it currently treats the same. The former could be taken
> to mean "give me the type name for a column with typmod -1" whereas
> the latter could be taken to mean "give me a type name in a context
> where there is no typmod", such as a function argument/result type.
This was the idea, but until recently there was no actual need for
printing something different.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net
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