Re: GROUPING

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: GROUPING
Date: 2015-05-21 19:17:50
Message-ID: 607.1432235870@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> Also is there a really great reason that bitwise operations don't work
> on NUMERIC? Lack of tuits is a good reason, but not, it seems to me,
> a great one.

Not sure that bitwise operations make too much sense on values that
are (a) possibly fractional and (b) inherently decimal not binary.

regards, tom lane

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