On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 6:37 AM, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinn...@iki.fi> wrote: > It's more convenient to carry the type information with the verifier itself, > in backend code, in pg_dump, etc. Sure, you could have a separate "transfer" > text format that has the prefix, and strip it out when the datum enters the > system. But it is even simpler to have only one format, with the prefix, and > use that everywhere.
I see your point. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers