Hey Andrew, Finally convinced. Thanks!
2010/12/8 Andrew Dunstan <[email protected]> > > > On 12/08/2010 05:35 AM, Dmitriy Igrishin wrote: > >> Hey hackers@, >> >> Is it guaranteed that name of array types in pg_type system >> catalog will always be prefixed by underscore or this convention >> can be changed in future ? >> >> >> > > It is not guaranteed today, let alone in the future, that the array type > for x will be _x for any x. > > Consider: > > andrew=# create type _foo as (x int); create type foo as (y > text);select typname from pg_type where oid = (select typarray from > pg_type where typname = 'foo'); > CREATE TYPE > CREATE TYPE > typname > --------- > ___foo > (1 row) > > > cheers > > andrew > > -- // Dmitriy.
