po 12. 2. 2024 v 19:20 odesÃlatel Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> napsal:
> I wrote:
> > It strikes me that this is basically to_regtype() with the additional
> > option to return the typmod. That leads to some questions:
>
> BTW, another way that this problem could be approached is to use
> to_regtype() as-is, with a separate function to obtain the typmod:
>
> select format_type(to_regtype('timestamp(4)'),
> to_regtypmod('timestamp(4)'));
>
> This is intellectually ugly, since it implies parsing the same
> typename string twice. But on the other hand it avoids the notational
> pain and runtime overhead involved in using a record-returning
> function. So I think it might be roughly a wash for performance.
> Question to think about is which way is easier to use. I don't
> have an opinion particularly; just throwing the idea out there.
>
+1
Pavel
>
> regards, tom lane
>
