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Arrays of composites, bug or usage?

Chaotic Inceptions <chaoticinc@cyberus.ca> — 1999-11-14T21:03:04Z

Hello,

I have a question on array usage. I created an array with the following
commands:

CREATE TABLE file (
    path                varchar(255);
    description         varchar(255);
);

CREATE TYPE file_array (
    INPUT = array_in,
    OUTPUT = array_out
    INTERNALLENGTH = VARIABLE,
    ELEMENT = file
);

CREATE TABLE media (
    media_type          char,
    media_list          file_array
);

First of all, is the above legal and if not, is there a way to do it?
Is this an array of composite types or is that something else?

When I attempt to insert values into the array with the following command, 

INSERT INTO media (media_type,media_list)
VALUES ('C', '{""/usr/doc/list1","This is the description"",
""/usr/doc/list2","Another description""}');

the INSERT succeeds, but a subsequent select reveals the following:

SELECT * FROM media;

media_type|media_list
----------+----------
C         |{0,0}
(1 row)

Is this a problem with levels of indirection in that I am looking at a
pointer or something? Have I completed the insert incorrectly or is the
parser unable to
handle this?

I would be happy to document this for everyone once I understand it.

Jason Kania
chaoticinc@cyberus.ca