Re: pgsql/src include/utils/builtins.h backend/uti ... - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pgsql/src include/utils/builtins.h backend/uti ...
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Msg-id 20079.992138284@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pgsql/src include/utils/builtins.h backend/uti ...  (Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>)
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Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> writes:
> * Tom Lane <tgl@hub.org> [010609 17:16]:
>> Teach convert_to_scalar about datatypes timetz, inet, cidr, macaddr.

> What does this mean for users of these types? (Can we now cast
> directly? )

No, it means the planner now has a clue about selectivity of range
queries for these datatypes, ie, it might possibly make the right
decision about seq vs index scan and so on.

            regards, tom lane

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