Re: can we enhance regtype infunction to support %type and %type[] - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: can we enhance regtype infunction to support %type and %type[]
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Msg-id AANLkTi=sHkNaH7_tnc_qfcc8qc732JLjA9Ez_-MZAHNm@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: can we enhance regtype infunction to support %type and %type[]  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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2010/9/4 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
> Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
>> I am looking on ToDo topic - Allow handling of %TYPE arrays, e.g.
>> tab.col%TYPE[]
>
>> Some the most simple solution can be enhancing regtype to support this
>> syntax
>
> I'm not really in favor of adding a wart like that to regtype, and
> I don't see how it would do anything to advance the TODO item anyway.

it can reduce a duplicate code - it is used on PL level and on PLpgSQL.

and be very useful as protection to SQL injection, where you have to
check if some table has some column.

Regards

Pavel Stehule


>
>                        regards, tom lane
>


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