Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes: > > Is there a reason we don't use pg_type.typcategory to detect arrays in > > Postgres 8.4? Right now I see this in pg_dump.c: > > typcategory is user-assignable and thus not too reliable; furthermore > it wouldn't prove that the type is the array type for its typelem. > (Consider things like point and name --- there can be multiple types > with the same typelem, but only one is the real array type for that > typelem.) The typelem back-link check is much safer.
Thanks; I will use the pg_dump code in pg_migrator then. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
