Re: [PATCHES] Adding fulldisjunctions to the contrib

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Tzahi Fadida <Tzahi(dot)ML(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Adding fulldisjunctions to the contrib
Date: 2006-08-13 22:37:04
Message-ID: 8371.1155508624@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> I am still waiting for someone to tell us that they would use this
>> capability for a real-world problem.

> It's extremely useful for data mining and data consolidation where
> you're given messy or sparse data to "clean up" and present intelligently.

Could we see a concrete, real-world example? So far I've seen a lot of
arm-waving but nothing very specific.

regards, tom lane

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