X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BE463A3B8C for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 03:40:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 72526-04 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 03:40:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 066F33A4033 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 03:40:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iA13elOR004283; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:40:47 -0500 (EST) To: David Fetter Cc: PostgreSQL Docs Subject: Re: Array function In-reply-to: <20041101003614.GG13884@fetter.org> References: <20041101003614.GG13884@fetter.org> Comments: In-reply-to David Fetter message dated "Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:36:14 -0800" Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:40:47 -0500 Message-ID: <4282.1099280447@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200411/4 X-Sequence-Number: 2639 David Fetter writes: > Here's a little addition to the array functions & operators section of > the manual. It adds a function array() to the list. The ARRAY() construct isn't really a function; it is a special syntax documented in Array Constructors, http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/sql-expressions.html#SQL-SYNTAX-ARRAY-CONSTRUCTORS The addition you propose is misleading, because it would lead people to expect to find array() in the output of \df, for example. It might be reasonable to put in some kind of "see also" cross-reference in the array functions section, but we shouldn't list array() as though it were just like every other function in the section. regards, tom lane