Re: record identical operator

From: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com>
To: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: record identical operator
Date: 2013-09-18 18:40:49
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Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com> wrote:

>> If an update happens with a conditional of:
>>
>> where col1 = 'Abc'
>>
>> When col1 is 'ABC' using citext, should we still issue the
>> update?
>
> Absolutely not, because the update was requested in the case that
> the equality test was true.

Sorry, as if this thread were not long enough, I misread that and
gave the wrong answer.  Yes, the equal operator was used and the
equal operator for two citext values says those are equal, so the
row *should* be updated.

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Kevin Grittner
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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