From: | Vaibhav Kaushal <vaibhavkaushal123(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Which file does the SELECT? |
Date: | 2010-11-11 01:57:34 |
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Yeah that is what seems to be the best way. The thing is that I am looking
in the PostgreSQL code for the first time and I am not fully aware of the
data structures or the methods / algos implemented in the project. This
makes the work of finding out whats and whys much more difficult. So I asked
it on the list.
Thanks anyways for the reply.
-Vaibhav (*_*)
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Vaibhav Kaushal
> <vaibhavkaushal123(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > I have started with the work and am using Eclipse and it helps quite a
> lot.
> > I can find the declarations quite easily. Thanks to open Source.
> >
> > BTW, I am encountering too many (just too many) data types as I try to
> > understand the backend (specifically the executor). I do think that its
> > normal because the executor has to consider almost everything that the
> other
> > parts of the DB can possibly command it to do.
> >
> > Is there some documentation available on the data types / structures
> which
> > are in use at the backend?
>
> There's less than one might hope. I think you pretty much have to
> look through the README files and source code comments.
>
> --
> Robert Haas
> EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>
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