Re: xlog location arithmetic

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: xlog location arithmetic
Date: 2011-12-23 15:05:54
Message-ID: 18871.1324652754@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
>> At this point, my question is: do we want to support the lsn data type idea or
>> a basic function that implements the difference between LSNs?

> Personally I think a function is enough - it solves the only case that
> I've actually seen. But a datatype would be a more complete solution,
> of course - but it seems a bit of an overkill to me. Not really sure
> which way we should go - I was hoping somebody else would comment as
> well..

I too think a datatype is overkill, if we're only planning on providing
one function. Just emit the values as numeric and have done.

regards, tom lane

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