Thread: varchar-array.patch applied

> varchar-array.patch     this patch adds support for arrays of bpchar() and
>                         varchar(), which where always missing from postgres.

Far be it from me to carp ... but I thought adding new features during
beta phase was frowned upon.
        regards, tom lane

> > this patch adds support for arrays of bpchar() and
> > varchar(), which where always missing from postgres.
> ... but I thought adding new features during
> beta phase was frowned upon.

This one is probably in a grey area, since the feature was explicitly
disabled back in the *very* early days by Jolly, but with a comment
from her that she wasn't sure it was necessary.

If we have a hint of trouble, we can back it out. It sure would be
nice to have Massimo also contribute a patch to the relevant
regression tests ;)
                    - Tom

-- 
Thomas Lockhart                lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California

> > varchar-array.patch     this patch adds support for arrays of bpchar() and
> >                         varchar(), which where always missing from postgres.
> 
> Far be it from me to carp ... but I thought adding new features during
> beta phase was frowned upon.

Yes, but he sent it in before the freeze, and I was too busy to apply
it.  Seems only fair.

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> 
> > > this patch adds support for arrays of bpchar() and
> > > varchar(), which where always missing from postgres.
> > ... but I thought adding new features during
> > beta phase was frowned upon.
> 
> This one is probably in a grey area, since the feature was explicitly
> disabled back in the *very* early days by Jolly, but with a comment
> from her that she wasn't sure it was necessary.
> 
> If we have a hint of trouble, we can back it out. It sure would be
> nice to have Massimo also contribute a patch to the relevant
> regression tests ;)
> 
>                      - Tom
> 
> -- 
> Thomas Lockhart                lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
> South Pasadena, California
> 

The patch was first submitted before the beta phase but never applied.

It adds features which replace other features which were dropped in 6.3,
specifically char4 and friends with related array types. I had many tables
with _char8 and _char16 fields which I couldn't use anymore.

The new code is never executed unless you try to to define arrays of
varchar or bpchar, so it shoud be safe for existing applications.

Anyway I will try to write some regression tests.

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