"Rod Taylor" <rbt@zort.ca> writes:
> and the like. There is currently no column in pg_type which stores
> information similar to atttypmod. So, I'd like to create one ->
> pg_type.typmod. The idea is that this value will be copied across to
> pg_attribute with other type information if it is not null. Since
> pg_type.typeprtlen isn't used (according to docs) would it be safe to
> simply rename and resize (int4) this column?
Make another column. It'll be good for you ;-) ... and you have to
learn how anyway, if you intend to finish out this project.
> Something of great fun however is DROP TYPE text.
Yeah, there's not really any support presently for dealing with
dependencies on dropped objects. IMHO it would be a mistake to solve
that just in the context of any one kind of object (such as types);
it's a generic issue.
regards, tom lane
