Re: Syntax for partitioning

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Syntax for partitioning
Date: 2009-10-30 16:12:40
Message-ID: 1256919160.27737.55.camel@jdavis
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On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 10:03 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> I can't help but wonder if the period type might better be a generic
> container for pairs of scalar, totally-ordered types.

That would be ideal. However, it doesn't really look like our type
system was built to handle that kind of thing.

We could use typmod, I suppose, but even that won't hold a full Oid. Any
ideas/suggestions?

Regards,
Jeff Davis

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