Re: [SQL] Array Madness

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Richards <miker(at)scifair(dot)acadiau(dot)ca>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [SQL] Array Madness
Date: 1999-09-14 15:45:54
Message-ID: 16624.937323954@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Richards <miker(at)scifair(dot)acadiau(dot)ca> writes:
> On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Tom Lane wrote:
>> In the meantime, perhaps it would be better for ExecEvalArrayRef() to
>> raise an error if the assign source is null, rather than dropping the
>> whole contents of the array. Comments?

> This sounds like a hack that avoids the real issue...

Well, of course it's not a solution to the real issue, but it seemed
like it might prevent someone from accidentally losing data until
we get around to providing a real solution. (Which could be a long
time; there's a lot of things on the TODO list...)

regards, tom lane

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