Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a
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Msg-id 47FBBE52.3090204@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a  ("Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Better support for arrays and composites is certainly something that
> people might want, but the problem with this design is that it forces
> them to buy into a number of other decisions that they don't necessarily
> want.
>
> I could see adding four functions to libpq that create and parse
> the textual representations of arrays and records.
>
>             
>   

Well, that was the part that interested me, so let me now speak up in 
favor of better array/record support in libpq.

cheers

andrew


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