Re: Hash Functions

From: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Yugo Nagata <nagata(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>, amul sul <sulamul(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Hash Functions
Date: 2017-05-13 04:52:10
Message-ID: CAA4eK1K1LKQo-X+pnJMPUMft1MNk-wYLWBuEg=XPCnh8=wEYmQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 1:08 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Maybe a shorter argument for hash partitioning is that not one but two
> different people proposed patches for it within months of the initial
> partitioning patch going in. When multiple people are thinking about
> implementing the same feature almost immediately after the
> prerequisite patches land, that's a good clue that it's a desirable
> feature. So I think we should try to solve the problems, rather than
> giving up.
>

Can we think of defining separate portable hash functions which can be
used for the purpose of hash partitioning?

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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