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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Rethinking user-defined-typmod before it's too late
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Msg-id 6303.1181928722@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Rethinking user-defined-typmod before it's too late  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Responses Re: Rethinking user-defined-typmod before it's too late  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> Would this allow for 'multi-value' typmods for user-defined types?

If you can squeeze them into 31 bits of stored typmod, yes.  That
may mean that you still need the side table (with stored typmod being a
lookup key for the table).  But this gets you out of exposing that
detail to users.
        regards, tom lane

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