Re: [HACKERS] SHOW command always returns text field

2011-08-10 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera writes: > Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of mié ago 10 14:12:49 -0400 2011: >> Peter Eisentraut writes: >>> I was slightly surprised the other day that the SHOW command always >>> returns a field of type text even if the underlying parameter has one of >>> the other types (int,

Re: [HACKERS] SHOW command always returns text field

2011-08-10 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of mié ago 10 14:12:49 -0400 2011: > Peter Eisentraut writes: > > I was slightly surprised the other day that the SHOW command always > > returns a field of type text even if the underlying parameter has one of > > the other types (int, real, etc.). Is this intent

Re: [HACKERS] SHOW command always returns text field

2011-08-10 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut writes: > I was slightly surprised the other day that the SHOW command always > returns a field of type text even if the underlying parameter has one of > the other types (int, real, etc.). Is this intentional? Would it be > worth refining? I'm disinclined to mess with it. One