| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
|---|---|
| To: | Vadim Mikheev <vadim(at)krs(dot)ru> |
| Cc: | Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Priorities for 6.6 |
| Date: | 1999-06-04 03:27:14 |
| Message-ID: | 199906040327.XAA04545@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Implementation seems easy:
>
> struct varlena
> {
> int32 vl_len;
> char vl_dat[1];
> };
>
> 1. make vl_len uint32;
> 2. use vl_len & 0x80000000 as flag that underlying data is
> in another place;
> 3. put oid of external "relation" (where data is stored),
> blocknumber and item position (something else?) to vl_dat.
> ...
Yes, it would be very nice to have this.
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