Re: [PATCH] Add crc32(text) & crc32(bytea)

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add crc32(text) & crc32(bytea)
Date: 2024-07-25 15:16:09
Message-ID: ZqJsOYLb8NDB-2YF@nathan
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On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 02:24:23PM +0300, Aleksander Alekseev wrote:
> I vaguely recall that I faced this problem before. Supporting crc32
> was requested on the mailing list [2] and a number of workarounds
> exist in PL/pgSQL [3][4]. Since there seems to be a demand and it
> costs us nothing to maintain crc32() I suggest adding it.

This sounds generally reasonable to me, especially given the apparent
demand. Should we also introduce crc32c() while we're at it?

--
nathan

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