| From: | Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee> |
|---|---|
| To: | Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)atentus(dot)com>, PgSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: TOAST docs |
| Date: | 2002-09-13 16:44:43 |
| Message-ID: | 1031935483.13531.20.camel@taru.tm.ee |
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On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 17:26, Jan Wieck wrote:
> "scott.marlowe" wrote:
> > I think I saw some docs in the
> >
> > /usr/local/src/postgresql-7.2.1/src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c
> >
> > file on my box. :-)
> >
> > Actually it is pretty well commented, so I'm not just being a smart ass
> > here.
>
> Inline comments are not exactly what I call "documentation", but
> thanks for the flowers anyway.
But this is how most of backend is "documented" ;)
> Hannu is right though, that there are ways to tweak the behavior
> by running the risk to currupt your system catalogs (read:
> manually updating it). Originally I had in mind to add some
> administrative utilities that give a safe access to these
> settings ...
I quess the quickest/easiest and most universal (immediately usable by
"other" admin utils) would be a set of pl/pgsql or sql functions.
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Hannu
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