Re: Bit strings

OK, I will delete my copy of the email. If there is something to be
added to the TODO list, let me know.

[ People are welcome to modify it themselves too.]

> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > Any idea where we are on this?
>
> > > Bit and hexstring literals are not handled in a reasonable fashion;
>
> Bit string literals are handled correctly, although it occurred to me that
> perhaps
>
> #define IsA_Value(t) \
> (IsA(t, Integer) || IsA(t, Float) || IsA(t, String))
>
> should be augmented with BitString. Can someone advise?
>
> Hex literals are still not handled correctly.
>
> > > SQL92 sez we need a position() function for bitstrings.
>
> We have one now.
>
> > > Need a regression test for bit types.
>
> We have one now.
>
> > > scalarltsel() and friends need to cope with bit/varbit types in
> > > order to make good use of indexes on bitstrings.
>
> Not done.
>
> > > pg_dump does not handle BIT/VARBIT lengths properly (pjw may have
> > > fixed this by now).
>
> Works fine for me.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/
>
>

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