On Nov 3, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
David E. Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Nov 3, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
Maybe we should link to this page in the pg_typeof() description.
Also,
perhaps this page needs more examples.
Yes, both of those would help a lot, I
David E. Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Nov 3, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
Feel free to send in a docs patch ...
Well, I wasn't sure of the appropriate place to add examples to
datatype.sgml. But this patch would certainly make the output of
pg_typeof() much clearer to
On Nov 7, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
Well, I wasn't sure of the appropriate place to add examples to
datatype.sgml. But this patch would certainly make the output of
pg_typeof() much clearer to newbies like me.
Applied with some further editorialization.
Thanks!
David
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Hi,
Brendan Jurd submitted a patch to add a pg_typeof() builtin function:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2008-09/msg00029.php
I've reviewed the patch and it looks fine. An updated version is
attached, having made these changes:
1) Rebased to current CVS head
2) func.sgml:
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?
Best,
David
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David E. Wheeler escribió:
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?
Yes -- regtype, which is an OID alias type.
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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;
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,
David E. Wheeler escribió:
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.
Kurt Harriman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Brendan Jurd submitted a patch to add a pg_typeof() builtin function:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2008-09/msg00029.php
I've reviewed the patch and it looks fine. An updated version is
attached, having made these changes:
Applied,
On Nov 3, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
Give this a read
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/datatype-oid.html
Yeah.
Maybe we should link to this page in the pg_typeof() description.
Also,
perhaps this page needs more examples.
Yes, both of those would help a lot, I
David E. Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Nov 3, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
Maybe we should link to this page in the pg_typeof() description.
Also,
perhaps this page needs more examples.
Yes, both of those would help a lot, I think.
Feel free to send in a docs patch ...
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