Re: BUG #4921: ltree @> ltree[] operator shouldn't fail if ltree[] is empty - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #4921: ltree @> ltree[] operator shouldn't fail if ltree[] is empty
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Msg-id 8730.1267029482@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #4921: ltree @> ltree[] operator shouldn't fail if ltree[] is empty  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: BUG #4921: ltree @> ltree[] operator shouldn't fail if ltree[] is empty
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Was this ever addressed?

No, it doesn't look like the code's been changed.  I was looking for
some comments about which to do:

>> I can see two reasonable ways to address this:
>>
>> * Change the ltree test to reject only ARR_NDIM > 1.
>>
>> * Drop the ARR_NDIM check altogether, and let it search any sort of
>> array.
>>
>> I'm leaning to #2 myself.  However, there are probably other places with
>> the same kind of issue, and in some of them it might make more sense to
>> reject multidimensional arrays.

Thoughts?

            regards, tom lane

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