Re: Domain Support -- another round

From: Fernando Nasser <fnasser(at)redhat(dot)com>
To: Thomas Lockhart <thomas(at)fourpalms(dot)org>
Cc: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)zort(dot)ca>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: Domain Support -- another round
Date: 2002-03-21 17:04:54
Message-ID: 3C9A12B6.8A72038F@redhat.com
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Thomas Lockhart wrote:
>
> ...
> > So, although I agree with you in principle, I believe that in these
> > cases we should stick to the standard and avoid gratuitous extensions.
>
> Hmm. In any case, supporting arrays (esp. if it is not allowed in the
> standard) should not be a requirement for implementing the DOMAIN
> functionality. No point in arguing principles on just, uh, principles,
> when we could actually be getting something good done ;)
>

I couldn't agree more.

Cheers,
Fernando

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