Re: 2D arrays in 7.3... actually, parser bug?
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Eric B.Ridge" <ebr@tcdi.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-01-31T06:00:45Z
Lists: pgsql-general
"Eric B.Ridge" <ebr@tcdi.com> writes: > So now my question is, since postgres doesn't support 2D (or N-D) > arrays, shouldn't the above produce some kind of syntax error? Postgres' view of arrays is inherited from APL, I think: all arrays of the same element type are the same datatype regardless of dimensionality. We do have N-dimensional arrays, for N up to whatever the arbitrary MAXDIM constant is. See the examples in the User's Guide. regards, tom lane