| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Anyone care about type "filename" ? |
| Date: | 2000-08-01 01:50:44 |
| Message-ID: | 200008010150.VAA19122@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> I'm thinking of removing the datatype "filename", which is a fixed-size
> array of 256 characters with no support functions other than input and
> output converters. Apparently it was once used in the system tables,
> but it is so no longer AFAICT. Since it's fixed-length, it cannot be
> made TOASTable, which makes it substantially inferior to type "text"
> for any purpose that I can think of.
>
> Anyone using this type?
I vote for removal.
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