BUG #3532: Can't rollup array of arrays

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From: "James William Pye" <pgsql(at)jwp(dot)name>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: BUG #3532: Can't rollup array of arrays
Date: 2007-08-10 18:26:55
Message-ID: 200708101826.l7AIQt5Y063989@wwwmaster.postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 3532
Logged by: James William Pye
Email address: pgsql(at)jwp(dot)name
PostgreSQL version: 8.2
Operating system: FreeBSD
Description: Can't rollup array of arrays
Details:

Dunno about the spec, but I would think this should work:

tinman(at)localhost/tinman[]=# SELECT array(select array[table_name,
column_name] FROM information_schema.columns LIMIT 10);
ERROR: could not find array type for datatype character varying[]

tinman(at)localhost/tinman[]=# SELECT version();
version

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------
PostgreSQL 8.2.4 on i386-portbld-freebsd6.2, compiled by GCC cc (GCC) 3.4.6
[FreeBSD] 20060305
(1 row)

The expectation is the production of an array like:
'{{table_foo,column_bar},{table_foo,column_bar2},...}'.

No? (yeah, it may be more of a feature request than a bug)