Re: [HACKERS] Adding a typmod field to Const et al

[Tom Lane]

Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm not entirely convinced by this one. Does that mean expressions like this
> would throw an error if col1 was declared as a numeric(1)?
>  ARRAY[col1] || 10

No, because the result of the || operator won't have a specific typmod.

regards, tom lane

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Re: [HACKERS] Adding a typmod field to Const et al

[Gregory Stark]

"Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>   ArrayExpr:  should adopt the same behavior as Coalesce and
>   similar nodes, ie, if all the elements show the
>   same type/typmod then return that typmod
>   instead of -1
...
> Comments, objections?

I'm not entirely convinced by this one. Does that mean expressions like this
would throw an error if col1 was declared as a numeric(1)?

 ARRAY[col1] || 10



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  Gregory Stark
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