From: Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
Organization: Dynacom Tankers Mgmt
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: array dimensions, pg_catalog.pg_attribute and the \d command
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:42:43 +0200
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On =CE=A0=CE=B1=CF=81 03 =CE=A6=CE=B5=CE=B2 2012 22:21:49 Dmitriy Igrishin =
wrote:
> Hey Achilleas,
>=20
> 2012/2/3 Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
>=20
> > Hello,
> > just a question regarding multidimensional arrays.
> > When i create an array, its number of dimensions is recorded in
> > pg_catalog.pg_attribute (attndims), but they are not enforced upon
> > insertion,
> > nor is this presented by \d command. (i didn't see any attndims column
> > showing
> > up in the logs)
> >=20
> > Any reasons why this is so?
>=20
> According to the documentation
> "The current implementation does not enforce the declared number
> of dimensions either. Arrays of a particular element type are all
> considered to be of the same type, regardless of size or number
> of dimensions. So, declaring the array size or number of dimensions
> in CREATE TABLE is simply documentation; it does not affect run-time
> behavior."
> See
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/arrays.html#ARRAYS-DECLARATION

Thanx Dmitry.