RE: RFC: CRC datatype

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: RE: RFC: CRC datatype
Date: 2000-12-08 08:08:22
Message-ID: NEBBIOAJBMEENKACLNPCKEKECCAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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> Therefore, I propose defining new data types like "CRC32", "CRC64",
> "RIPEMD", whatever (rather than pluggable arbitrary CRCs).

I suspect that you are really looking at the problem from the wrong end.
CRC checking should not need to be done by the database user, with a fancy
type. The postgres server itself should guarantee data integrity - you
shouldn't have to worry about it in userland.

This is, in fact, what the recent discussion on this list has been
proposing...

Chris

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