Arrays in system tables

Rod Taylor wrote:

Just exactly how does one get an array into a system table?

Of course, _int2 and int2[] aren't normal C constructs so using it
within CATALOG won't work.

I suppose thats why the vector types were invented?

Well, pg_shadow had pg_class has:

relacl | aclitem[] |

and pg_shadow has:

useconfig | text[] |

so I would use those as guides.

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Ahh.. no wonder my aimless greps couldn't find anything.

I should just have read the BKI stuff ;)

Thanks
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Rod
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: "Rod Taylor" <rbt@zort.ca>
Cc: "Hackers List" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Arrays in system tables

Rod Taylor wrote:

Just exactly how does one get an array into a system table?

Of course, _int2 and int2[] aren't normal C constructs so using it
within CATALOG won't work.

I suppose thats why the vector types were invented?

Well, pg_shadow had pg_class has:

relacl | aclitem[] |

and pg_shadow has:

useconfig | text[] |

so I would use those as guides.

--
Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us
pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610) 853-3000
+  If your life is a hard drive,     |  830 Blythe Avenue
+  Christ can be your backup.        |  Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania

19026

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