Re: numeric_normalize() is a few bricks shy of a load

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: numeric_normalize() is a few bricks shy of a load
Date: 2014-11-06 00:34:42
Message-ID: 20141106003442.GR28859@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
> I think there's no choice but to fix this in 9.4. The only reason
> it even needs discussion is that this would invalidate index entries
> in beta testers' JSONB GIN indexes, such that queries would not find
> entries that they did find before. I'm not sure we can do anything
> about this except recommend that beta testers REINDEX such indexes
> after updating to 9.4next.
>
> Thoughts?

I'm not happy about it, but I agree with your assessment. Beta testers
will survive (not exaclty the first time they've had to deal with such
changes..). We surely can't ship it as-is.

Thanks,

Stephen

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