'infinity' in GiST index

From: Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>
To: Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: 'infinity' in GiST index
Date: 2005-05-05 04:05:01
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.62.0505050801440.18597@ra.sai.msu.su
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Hi there,

there was complain about problem with creating GiST index if
timestamp column contains 'infinity' value. The problem is indeed
exists and I'd like to have it fixed, but we have no idea
how to handle it in GiST, actually in penalty function.
Any thoughts ?

Regards,
Oleg
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