X-Original-To: pgsql-interfaces-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CCA9329E4D for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:58:24 +0100 (BST) 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 56446-07 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:58:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [207.106.42.251]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9AED329E47 for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:58:18 +0100 (BST) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id i8ANwE111849; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:58:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200409102358.i8ANwE111849@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: Adding null values to arrays In-Reply-To: <41422B92.4060609@joeconway.com> To: Joe Conway Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:58:14 -0400 (EDT) Cc: Kathy Smith , pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL108 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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: 200409/9 X-Sequence-Number: 5084 Joe Conway wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Kathy Smith wrote: > >>I understand from searching around that it is on the "To Do" list to allow > >>null values in arrays. Can anyone tell me where this is in the > >>implementation process and/or if there is a work around? > > > > Uh, no one is implementing it and there is no workaround. :-) > > > > If you are considering coding it, read the developers FAQ> > > > > FWIW, in the past I've "made noises" about implementing support for NULL > array elements. I couldn't find the time to do it for 8.0, but I'm > hopeful that I will be able to find the time to do it for 8.1. However > if someone else wants to have at it, don't let me get in the way ;-) OK, great. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073