Re: Shouldn't pg_settings.enumvals be array of text? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Shouldn't pg_settings.enumvals be array of text?
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Msg-id 3221.1223302511@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Shouldn't pg_settings.enumvals be array of text?  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> Agreed, it can certainly be bettered. text[] seems to be the cleanest,
> but then we still have the issue with wide output in psql, no? But
> should we really design the view around the single use-case of psql? You
> can still just omit that column from the SELECT if you want...

Well, if we present as text[] then someone could easily use
array_to_string to format the column the other way.  So probably
text[] is the right thing.
        regards, tom lane


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