Hi!
For bitmaps, I need to search each value being inserted (for each column of
the index) in the list of already existing values (stored in index's header
area). To do that I need:
1) create Datum from PageItem's value (I store each value in it's own PageItem);
2) compare newly inserted Datum with on-disk existing one.
For hash access method (maybe others too, haven't checked), this is done
via index_keytest() function. But it uses ScanKey, there's no such
at aminsert() stage.
So, I'd like to ask -- what is the "reverse" function for heap_fill_tuple(),
is it OK to use index_getattr()?
And how do I compare 2 Datums? I need FmgrInfo pointer for the equality
operator of the corresponding data type. Are there any API calls to obtain one?
Thank you.
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Victor Y. Yegorov
