Re: Removing SORTFUNC_LT/REVLT

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Removing SORTFUNC_LT/REVLT
Date: 2005-12-29 00:38:36
Message-ID: 2560.1135816716@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> writes:
> The issue is whether anything you want to ORDER BY needs to be
> described by an B-tree operator class, and hence have a real sort
> function.

> 1. Do people have any problems with this?
> 2. Would a patch for this be accepted seperate from the whole collation
> stuff?

I think it's reasonable to remove that feature, *after* we provide
a workable substitute. So, "no" to both questions ...

regards, tom lane

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