Re: array support patch phase 1 patch

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
Cc: "Patches (PostgreSQL)" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: array support patch phase 1 patch
Date: 2003-06-02 04:52:02
Message-ID: 1731.1054529522@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> That would mask the problem for ANALYZE, but not for anything else.

> What if we modify equality_oper() and friends to do the check for us
> when argtype is a varlena array?

> If an array type is checked for an ordering operator, its element type
> now *must* have an ordering operator in order for the result to be
> meaningful. Same goes for ordering_oper().

That sounds more like a solution. Is there anyplace else we need to
push knowledge of this into? (Offhand I can't think of any, but ...)

regards, tom lane

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