Re: FEATURE REQUEST: let arrays support null values.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "ezra epstein" <ee_newsgroup_post(at)prajnait(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: FEATURE REQUEST: let arrays support null values.
Date: 2003-12-22 17:06:43
Message-ID: 16934.1072112803@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"ezra epstein" <ee_newsgroup_post(at)prajnait(dot)com> writes:
> I've stumbled against the inability to put null values within an array.
> Are there any plans to remove that limitation?

It's on the TODO list. I think Joe Conway has made noises about doing
something about it, but I dunno if he expects to get to it during the
7.5 development cycle or not.

> An pointers to where in the code I might start to look if I want to
> enhance this on my own?

The array code is mostly in

src/include/utils/array.h
src/backend/utils/adt/arrayfuncs.c
src/backend/utils/adt/array_userfuncs.c
src/backend/utils/adt/arrayutils.c

regards, tom lane

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