Re: Numeric 508 datatype

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Numeric 508 datatype
Date: 2005-11-17 16:13:06
Message-ID: 437CAC12.2040702@dunslane.net
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:

> With Slony and Replicator I don't really see the need for in place
> upgrades.
>

Maintaining a replica is hardly a cost-free exercise.

However, I don't think we can promise never to change the ondisk
representation of data, nor the page layout. Sometimes an inplace
upgrade just won't work, ISTM.

cheers

andrew

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