Re: Unused system table columns

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Unused system table columns
Date: 2002-07-16 00:19:58
Message-ID: 200207160019.g6G0JwS25446@candle.pha.pa.us
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Hannu Krosing wrote:
> > > The alternative would be yet another system table which would allow us
> > > to support unlimited number of to/from converters for different wire
> > > protocols, but it will definitely be easier to start with
> > > typreceive/typsend.
> >
> > We can always re-add the columns them.
>
> But would it not be nice if we could add uniform binary protocol without
> requiring initdb ?

Seems impossible that would ever happen without an initdb.

> If the main concern is disk space, just set them to NULL .

Good point, but it does confuse developers.

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