Re: [HACKERS] libpgtcl and array fields return format - PROPOSAL - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] libpgtcl and array fields return format - PROPOSAL
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Msg-id 199908111414.KAA27351@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] libpgtcl and array fields return format - PROPOSAL  (Constantin Teodorescu <teo@flex.ro>)
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> For the moment, the current syntax helps PgAccess. It returns exactly
> the same format as it would be used to INSERT INTO queries so if you
> would try to define a table with an array field of strings for example
> you are able to add records and update them directly from PgAccess.
> >From that point of view, the new array field return format would give me
> headaches for Pgaccess in order to restore the {"..","..",".."} format
> used for updating records.
> 
> Am I missing something about the *input* format?
> 
> On the other hand, I have discovered in the libpgtcl source that there
> is a TCL_ARRAYS that if defined, would return array fields format
> exactly as a tcl list. But it is not defined anywhere. I think that the
> behaviour of libpgtcl should be consistent so should we define
> TCL_ARRAYS by default in the next release?

That define is from Massimo.  Let's enable it.

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