> -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 18 August 2003 18:41 > To: Adam H. Pendleton > Cc: pgadmin-hackers > Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Smallint > > > Adam H. Pendleton wrote: > > > Duh! Obviously it's not, it's just that pgAdmin3 calls it an int2? > > Any reason not to call it a smallint, since that's they way it's > > referred to in the documentation? > > Yeah. > Virtually all types are read from the database. SMALLINT and > INTEGER are > parser translations, and there might be more. IMHO, the > combobox already > shows way to much. > > Only types that don't have a pg_type entry (serial, > bigserial) are added > manually.
For v2, perhaps we should default to an 'newbie mode' (obviously not called that ;-) ) in which we list only the standard SQL types and their array equivalents? I have seen datatype queries from newbies a number of times in the past. Regards, Dave ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
