On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 07:55:44AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Andrew Dunstan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> If there are no objections, I'm going to remove the following items
> >> from the list at
> >> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_8.4_Open_Items
> >>
> >>
> >> change cardinality() for multi-dim arrays?
> >>
> >>        Drop; there's no consensus that this should be changed
> >
> > I don't think we should let this go quite so easily, as this  is a
> > new function, so the bias should be to "getting it right" rather
> > than "don't change it".
> 
> I think it is right already, but the point is debatable.
> 
> > The supplied functionality is not only surprising, but easily
> > obtained by an existing function. ISTM if we're supplying a new
> > function it should have new functionality.
> 
> Well, it's a compatibility function...

It's actually in SQL:2008.

Cheers,
David.
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