register extension types in database

[jhrotko]

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[lidavidm]

I feel like the application should do this and not the driver? It would be surprising (IMO) to load a driver and have a bunch of extension types registered, especially as this is a global registry

[CurtHagenlocher]

I feel like the application should do this and not the driver? It would be surprising (IMO) to load a driver and have a bunch of extension types registered, especially as this is a global registry

I wonder whether a driver ought to have a way to announce which extension types it uses.

[lidavidm]

Perhaps, but also for Flight SQL the set is unbounded/determined by the server, so apps should be prepared to handle unrecognized extension types (I sort of think Arrow libraries should be more consistent and either treat all extension types as pure metadata, or all extension types as a separate type even if unregistered)

[lidavidm]

Also, this doesn't do anything for usage outside of Go, right?

[jhrotko]

Also, this doesn't do anything for usage outside of Go, right?

@lidavidm I would assume so. I only tested for Go. Could you confirm @CurtHagenlocher