On Nov 3, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
"David E. Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
On Nov 3, 2008, at 1:28 AM, Kurt Harriman wrote:
2) func.sgml: clarifying that the function returns an OID rather
than a string
Actually, it returns a regtype, no?
I thought the description was good, because it emphasizes that the
result is-a OID; the table entry says "regtype" but people might not
realize that that means they can use it as, eg, something to compare
to pg_attribute.atttypid.
Well, as someone who was until recently unfamiliar with regtypes, and
who thinks of an OID as essentially just a number, I would find it
very useful if the description indicated that, as a regtype, the
return value could be used as either an OID or as string. Otherwise,
I'd find the description kind of confusing (in one place it says it
returns a regtype, "whatever *that* is", and in one place it says an
OID).
Just thinking at this from the point of view of a relative newbiew…
Thanks,
David
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