Re: type unknown - how important is it?

Tom Lane wrote:

>Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com> writes:
>
>
>>Shachar Shemesh wrote:
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>>>I don't know type 705 well enough to decide which would work best. If
>>>it's guaranteed to be a validly encoded text string, then I'll just
>>>put it in as DBTYPE_WSTR, and get it done with.
>>>
>>>
>
>
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>>I think it's safe to assume it will be encoded properly.
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>>
>
>AFAICS it will work exactly like 'text'.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>
I have some doubts. From "textin":

> /* verify encoding */
> len = strlen(inputText);
> pg_verifymbstr(inputText, len, false);

"unknownin" has no such thing. I'm worried. I realize that unknownout
and textout are precisely the same, but I can't say I understand completely.

Shachar

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