Needs cleaning up.
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Neil Conway wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 20:15 +0300, Sergey E. Koposov wrote:
> > I'm proposing the fix of this bug:
> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-02/msg00498.php
>
> I think the suggested logic for compatible_tupdesc() is still wrong. For
> example, the patch rejects the following:
>
> create table usno (ra real, dec real, bmag real, rmag real, ipix int8);
> create function ret_next_check() returns setof usno as $$
> declare
> r record;
> begin
> for r in select * from usno loop
> return next r;
> end loop;
> return;
> end;
> $$ language plpgsql;
>
> insert into usno values (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5);
> select * from ret_next_check();
> alter table usno drop column ipix;
> select * from ret_next_check(); -- fails, should succeed
>
> Also, this patch should include updates to the regression tests.
>
> -Neil
>
>
>
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> TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to
> choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not
> match
>
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