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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/array.sgml9
-rw-r--r--src/backend/parser/gram.y16
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/array.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/array.sgml
index b0d6e19abf7..4d762c53d35 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/array.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/array.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/array.sgml,v 1.66 2008/04/28 14:48:57 alvherre Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/array.sgml,v 1.67 2008/10/29 11:24:52 petere Exp $ -->
<sect1 id="arrays">
<title>Arrays</title>
@@ -76,9 +76,12 @@ CREATE TABLE tictactoe (
<programlisting>
pay_by_quarter integer ARRAY[4],
</programlisting>
- This syntax requires an integer constant to denote the array size.
+ Or, if no array size is to be specified:
+<programlisting>
+ pay_by_quarter integer ARRAY,
+</programlisting>
As before, however, <productname>PostgreSQL</> does not enforce the
- size restriction.
+ size restriction in any case.
</para>
</sect2>
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index 4759e041340..8b44e5b6ba4 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/gram.y,v 2.631 2008/10/28 14:09:45 petere Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/gram.y,v 2.632 2008/10/29 11:24:53 petere Exp $
*
* HISTORY
* AUTHOR DATE MAJOR EVENT
@@ -7124,19 +7124,29 @@ Typename: SimpleTypename opt_array_bounds
$$->arrayBounds = $3;
$$->setof = TRUE;
}
+ /* SQL standard syntax, currently only one-dimensional */
| SimpleTypename ARRAY '[' Iconst ']'
{
- /* SQL99's redundant syntax */
$$ = $1;
$$->arrayBounds = list_make1(makeInteger($4));
}
| SETOF SimpleTypename ARRAY '[' Iconst ']'
{
- /* SQL99's redundant syntax */
$$ = $2;
$$->arrayBounds = list_make1(makeInteger($5));
$$->setof = TRUE;
}
+ | SimpleTypename ARRAY
+ {
+ $$ = $1;
+ $$->arrayBounds = list_make1(makeInteger(-1));
+ }
+ | SETOF SimpleTypename ARRAY
+ {
+ $$ = $2;
+ $$->arrayBounds = list_make1(makeInteger(-1));
+ $$->setof = TRUE;
+ }
;
opt_array_bounds: