Re: More Hashing questions

"Jim C. Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net> writes:

> If you do this I suggest supporting bigint as well.

Well I'm not about to actually do the inter-data-type hash joins. I was just
asking if the hash functions for floats should be adjusted to guarantee this
property. bigints already guarantee it, though I think the hash function can
be improved without breaking it.

> On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 06:45:37PM -0400, Greg Stark wrote:
> >
> > Regarding inter-data-type hash joins, would it make sense to make float
> > datatypes to hash to the same value as integral data types for integral
> > values?

I have a little patch but I have to test it, at least try to compile it,
before I send it anywhere :)

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greg