Re: [SQL] Array Madness - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [SQL] Array Madness
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Msg-id 16624.937323954@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [SQL] Array Madness  (Michael Richards <miker@scifair.acadiau.ca>)
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Michael Richards <miker@scifair.acadiau.ca> writes:
> On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Tom Lane wrote:
>> In the meantime, perhaps it would be better for ExecEvalArrayRef() to
>> raise an error if the assign source is null, rather than dropping the
>> whole contents of the array.  Comments?

> This sounds like a hack that avoids the real issue...

Well, of course it's not a solution to the real issue, but it seemed
like it might prevent someone from accidentally losing data until
we get around to providing a real solution.  (Which could be a long
time; there's a lot of things on the TODO list...)
        regards, tom lane


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