Re: patch to allow btree indices on BYTEA

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jered Floyd <jered(at)permabit(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: patch to allow btree indices on BYTEA
Date: 2001-02-05 05:06:05
Message-ID: 8231.981349565@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jered Floyd <jered(at)permabit(dot)com> writes:
> Unfortunately, PostgreSQL 7.0.3 lacks the operations necessary to
> build indices on BYTEA types. The included patch implements the
> missing operations.

This patch is useless as given for current sources, since old-style
function linkage is no longer supported for built-in functions as of
7.1. If you have time to redo the functions in new-style, it would
ease adding the functionality for 7.2 ...

regards, tom lane

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