Re: pl/perl example in the doc no longer works in 9.1 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pl/perl example in the doc no longer works in 9.1
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Msg-id 20511.1318530333@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pl/perl example in the doc no longer works in 9.1  ("David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>)
Responses Re: pl/perl example in the doc no longer works in 9.1  ("David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>)
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"David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
> On Oct 13, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I'm working through this patch now.  Does anyone object to having the
>> array-to-non-array-result-type and hash-to-non-rowtype-result-type cases
>> throw errors, rather than returning the rather useless ARRAY(...) and
>> HASH(...) strings as pre-9.1 did?

> Certainly not in 9.2, no. Not sure about 9.1, though.

Well, right now 9.1 is returning some rather random results.  If we
don't change it, someone might claim that later releases ought to be
compatible with that ...
        regards, tom lane


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