>> >> What are you going to do with the type once you have it? >> > > for example, you can use it for formatting, for explicit cast, for > different serialization type - like JSON - without knowledge of type, > you can't to build correct JSON value. So you can write a application > with knowledge of type and you don't need to detect type from value, > that isn't robust. >
there is other disadvantage of access to fields via PL function (or native function) based on transformation to text. It's a lost of typmod. Pavel > Pavel > >> David >> >> > -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
