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. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers