From: | "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)wallace(dot)ece(dot)rice(dot)edu> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Adriaan Joubert <a(dot)joubert(at)albourne(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Re: bit types |
Date: | 2000-03-01 17:24:54 |
Message-ID: | 20000301112454.B15067@rice.edu |
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On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 11:36:52AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Bruce,
> >
> > The bit-type that is in contrib is useless as it stands. Those are
> > only C-routines to implement the functionality, and there are none of
> > the SQL functions to actually make these usable. This really needs to be
> > integrated with postgres proper. I don't know how to go about this and
> > that is why I asked for help. I'm prepared to do whatever SQL function
> > definitions are needed, do the regression tests etc. Would it be better
> > to go back to the hackers mailing list to ask for help? Has this missed
> > 7.0 now? If so, we'd better remove the bit-type from contrib.
>
> I clearly dropped the ball on this one. Don't think it can go into 7.0
> because it would require catalog changes/initdb. However, I would like
Hmm, I thought the hard and fast rule was no initdb _after_ release. Surely
this sort of thing is what beta (especially beta1) is for?
Ross
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Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>
NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Rice University, 6100 S. Main St., Houston, TX 77005
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