Re: TOAST (was: BLOB)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jan Wieck <wieck(at)debis(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: TOAST (was: BLOB)
Date: 2000-04-22 17:12:36
Message-ID: 26925.956423556@sss.pgh.pa.us
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wieck(at)debis(dot)com (Jan Wieck) writes:
>> Net result for user-defined-datatype authors will be "if you revise
>> your routines, they will be easier to read, more portable, and will
>> support TOASTed values. If you don't, they'll still work about as
>> well (or poorly) as they did before."

> Sorry, but that ain't true. Making an existing type toastable
> means that all functions, receiving that type need to be
> revised.

What I meant was that they'd still work, with a limit on field size,
just like before. ie, no TOAST support.

regards, tom lane

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