Re: [HACKERS] qsort again (was Re: Strange Create Index

From: Markus Schaber <schabi(at)logix-tt(dot)com>
To: PFC <lists(at)peufeu(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] qsort again (was Re: Strange Create Index
Date: 2006-02-17 00:18:06
Message-ID: 43F5163E.2020108@logix-tt.com
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Hi, PFC,

PFC schrieb:

> By the way, I'd like to declare my zipcode columns as SQL_ASCII
> while the rest of my database is in UNICODE, so they are faster to
> index and sort. Come on, MySQL does it...

Another use case for parametric column definitions - charset definitions
- and the first one that cannot be emulated via constraints.

Other use cases I remember were range definitions for numbers or PostGIS
dimension, subtype and SRID, but those cann all be emulated via checks /
constraints.

Markus

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