Re: minimal update

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 03:34:04PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On 20 okt 2008, at 16.51, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>>>> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>>>>>> OK. Where would be a good place to put the code? Maybe a new
>>>>>> file src/backend/utils/adt/trigger_utils.c ?
>>>>>>
>>>>> I thought the plan was to make it a contrib module.
>>>>>
>>>> Well, previous discussion did mention catalog entries, which
>>>> would suggest otherwise, but I can do it as a contrib module if
>>>> that's the consensus.
>>>
>>> What would be the actual reason to put it in contrib and not core?
>>> Are there any "dangers" by having it there? Or is it "just a hack"
>>> and not a "real solution"?
>>
>> No, it's not just a hack. It's very close to what we'd probably do
>> if we built the facility right into the language, although it does
>> involve the overhead of calling the trigger. However, it performs
>> reasonably well - not surprising since the guts of it is just a
>> memcmp() call.
>>
> In that case, why not put the trigger in core so people can use it
> easily?

+1 :)

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David.
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