first pass at array type conversion

lib/query.js

@@ -223,5 +223,33 @@ var dataTypeParsers = {
   1184: dateParser
 };
 
+Query.registerParser = function(typeOid, parseFunction) {
+  dataTypeParsers[typeOid] = parseFunction;
+};
+
+
+//parses integer arrays
+Query.registerParser(1007, function(val) {
+  return JSON.parse(val.replace("{","[").replace("}","]"));
+});
+
+//parses string arrays
+//this only works in happy cases
+//does not yet support strings with , or { or }
+Query.registerParser(1009, function(val) {
+  if (!val) return null;
+  if (val[0] !== '{' || val[val.length-1] !== '}')
+    throw "Not postgresql array! (" + arrStr + ")";
+
+  var x = val.substring(1, val.length - 1);
+  x = x.match(/(NULL|[^,]+|"((?:.|\n|\r)*?)(?!\\)"|\{((?:.|\n|\r)*?(?!\\)\}) (,|$))/mg);
+  if (x === null) throw "Not postgre array";
+  return x.map(function (el) {
+    if (el === 'NULL') return null;
+    if (el[0] === '{') return arguments.callee(el);
+    if (el[0] === '\"')  return el.substring(1, el.length - 1).replace('\\\"', '\"');
+    return el;
+  });
+});
 
 module.exports = Query;

test/integration/client/array-tests.js

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+var helper = require(__dirname + "/test-helper");
+var pg = helper.pg;
+var conString = helper.connectionString();
+
+test('parsing array results', function() {
+  pg.connect(conString, assert.calls(function(err, client) {
+    assert.isNull(err);
+    client.query("CREATE TEMP TABLE why(names text[], numbors integer[])");
+    client.query('INSERT INTO why(names, numbors) VALUES(\'{"aaron", "brian","a b c" }\', \'{1, 2, 3}\')').on('error', console.log);
+    test('numbers', function() {
+      //      client.connection.on('message', console.log)
+      client.query('SELECT numbors FROM why', assert.success(function(result) {
+        assert.length(result.rows[0].numbors, 3);
+        assert.equal(result.rows[0].numbors[0], 1);
+        assert.equal(result.rows[0].numbors[1], 2);
+        assert.equal(result.rows[0].numbors[2], 3);
+      }))
+    })
+
+    test('parses string arrays', function() {
+      client.query('SELECT names FROM why', assert.success(function(result) {
+        var names = result.rows[0].names;
+        assert.length(names, 3);
+        assert.equal(names[0], 'aaron');
+        assert.equal(names[1], 'brian');
+        assert.equal(names[2], "a b c");
+        pg.end();
+      }))
+    })
+  }))
+})
+
+