Re: [HACKERS] interesting observatation regarding views and V7.0

Tom Lane wrote:

> Something else we might consider as a stopgap is to resurrect the
> "compressed text" datatype that Jan wrote, and then removed in
> anticipation of having TOAST. Jan was concerned about creating
> future compatibility problems by having a datatype with only a
> one-release-cycle expected lifetime ... but I think it might be
> OK to use it just internally for rules.

Ech - must be YOU!

If I hadn't deleted the entire (including catalog changes for
pg_type ... pg_rewrite) patch, I'd be the one to suggest. We
could easily add some warning, like "LZTEXT will disappear in
a subsequent release again - be warned", spit out during
parse, if someone explicitly uses the lztext type.

I'll spend some time with CVS to see if I can regenerate the
patch from there.

But I can feel the punches of Marc already - this patch will
cause catalog changes after official BETA start - Uh - Oh.

Jan

BTW: Good chance for Vince to LOL if I fail on that one, since I
got very impatiant once about "correct usage of CVS". Was a
little off-list flamewar that turned out to be mostly "you
got me wrong" during a phone call. But things like that
linger in background until prooven :-). Showtime!

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