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diff --git a/‎doc/src/sgml/ref/create_type.sgml
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Lines changed: 12 additions & 7 deletions
diff --git a/‎src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
Lines changed: 17 additions & 3 deletions b/‎src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
Lines changed: 17 additions & 3 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_type.sgml,v 1.42 2003/05/08 22:19:56 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_type.sgml,v 1.43 2003/05/09 23:01:44 tgl Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -117,15 +117,20 @@ CREATE TYPE <replaceable class="parameter">typename</replaceable> (
    representation is in the machine's native byte order.)  The receive
    function should perform adequate checking to ensure that the value is
    valid.
-   The receive function should be declared as taking one argument of type
-   <type>internal</type> and returning a value of the data type itself.
-   (The argument actually supplied is a pointer to a StringInfo buffer
-   holding the received byte string.)  Similarly, the optional
+   The receive function may be declared as taking one argument of type
+   <type>internal</type>, or two arguments of types <type>internal</type>
+   and <type>oid</type>.  It must return a value of the data type itself.
+   (The first argument is a pointer to a StringInfo buffer
+   holding the received byte string; the optional second argument is the
+   element type in case this is an array type.)  Similarly, the optional
    <replaceable class="parameter">send_function</replaceable> converts
    from the internal representation to the external binary representation.
    If this function is not supplied, the type cannot participate in binary
-   output.  The send function should be declared as taking one argument of the
-   new data type and returning type <type>bytea</type>.
+   output.  The send function may be
+   declared as taking one argument of the new data type,  or as taking
+   two arguments of which the second is type <type>oid</type>.
+   The second argument is again the array element type for array types.
+   The send function must return type <type>bytea</type>.
   </para>
 
   <para>
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c,v 1.35 2003/05/08 22:19:56 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c,v 1.36 2003/05/09 23:01:45 tgl Exp $
  *
  * DESCRIPTION
  *	  The "DefineFoo" routines take the parse tree and pick out the
@@ -911,7 +911,8 @@ findTypeReceiveFunction(List *procname, Oid typeOid)
 	Oid			procOid;
 
 	/*
-	 * Receive functions take a single argument of type INTERNAL.
+	 * Receive functions can take a single argument of type INTERNAL, or
+	 * two arguments (internal, oid).
 	 */
 	MemSet(argList, 0, FUNC_MAX_ARGS * sizeof(Oid));
 
@@ -921,6 +922,12 @@ findTypeReceiveFunction(List *procname, Oid typeOid)
 	if (OidIsValid(procOid))
 		return procOid;
 
+	argList[1] = OIDOID;
+
+	procOid = LookupFuncName(procname, 2, argList);
+	if (OidIsValid(procOid))
+		return procOid;
+
 	func_error("TypeCreate", procname, 1, argList, NULL);
 
 	return InvalidOid;			/* keep compiler quiet */
@@ -933,7 +940,8 @@ findTypeSendFunction(List *procname, Oid typeOid)
 	Oid			procOid;
 
 	/*
-	 * Send functions take a single argument of the type.
+	 * Send functions can take a single argument of the type, or two
+	 * arguments (data value, element OID).
 	 */
 	MemSet(argList, 0, FUNC_MAX_ARGS * sizeof(Oid));
 
@@ -943,6 +951,12 @@ findTypeSendFunction(List *procname, Oid typeOid)
 	if (OidIsValid(procOid))
 		return procOid;
 
+	argList[1] = OIDOID;
+
+	procOid = LookupFuncName(procname, 2, argList);
+	if (OidIsValid(procOid))
+		return procOid;
+
 	func_error("TypeCreate", procname, 1, argList, NULL);
 
 	return InvalidOid;			/* keep compiler quiet */