Tom,
> This is documented behavior for arrays:
> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/arrays.html#AEN5764
> and has been that way for a very long time. If we change it we will
> break every array-using application on the planet, because it will
> in fact be impossible to parse an array value unambiguously.
Ok, so "yes, it's inconsistent, but we don't want to break backwards
compatibility." I can buy that ...
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--Josh
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco