Re: TOAST (was: BLOB) - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: TOAST (was: BLOB)
Date
Msg-id 26925.956423556@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: TOAST (was: BLOB)  (wieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck))
Responses Re: TOAST (was: BLOB)  (wieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck))
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wieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck) writes:
>> Net result for user-defined-datatype authors will be "if you revise
>> your routines, they will be easier to read, more portable, and will
>> support TOASTed values.  If you don't, they'll still work about as
>> well (or poorly) as they did before."

>     Sorry, but that ain't true. Making an existing type toastable
>     means  that  all  functions,  receiving  that type need to be
>     revised.

What I meant was that they'd still work, with a limit on field size,
just like before.  ie, no TOAST support.
        regards, tom lane


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