Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a
Date: 2008-04-08 18:49:54
Message-ID: 47FBBE52.3090204@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Better support for arrays and composites is certainly something that
> people might want, but the problem with this design is that it forces
> them to buy into a number of other decisions that they don't necessarily
> want.
>
> I could see adding four functions to libpq that create and parse
> the textual representations of arrays and records.
>
>
>

Well, that was the part that interested me, so let me now speak up in
favor of better array/record support in libpq.

cheers

andrew

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