Re: New geographic types....

Toast will be in 7.1, scheduled for August.

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> As part of the Fmaps project (Fmaps.sourceforge.net) Eric Miller is
> developing some new geographic types for Postgres. We have several questions
> relating to the implementation of new types, variable types, and especially
> how to index them. For the moment we are developing the new types/functions
> as extensions, should it stays that way or what does it imply to be merged
> in the main distribution.
>
> We will be glad if someone can point us to some documentation on the
> subject, as the developer doc that comes with PG is very short on the
> subject.
>
> For Fmaps to be complete, we will need a toasted version of PG where the 8kB
> limit has been removed, and works with custom types. Can someone give a
> status on toasted PG (working, not working, stable enough, unstable,...)
>
> Cheers...
>
>
> Franck Martin
> Network and Database Development Officer
> SOPAC South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
> Fiji
> E-mail: franck(at)sopac(dot)org(dot)fj <mailto:franck(at)sopac(dot)org(dot)fj>
> Web site: www.sopac.org.fj <http://www.sopac.org.fj>
>
>

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