Paul Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now, if we changed the geometry type so that when one defined a geometry > column, one had to include info about what SRID and what dimension it > was, (ala varchar(243)) maybe the whole schmeer could reside in pg_class > and geometry_columns would be a trivial view?
atttypmod would be a natural place for that stuff, if you can fit it into 31 bits. The bigger problem is how are you going to get type-specific syntax through the Postgres parser? Currently, all the types that use typmod have to have special-purpose syntax to set it. I'm not eager to see extension datatypes trying to do the same thing... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster