Re: sql row constructor...works! - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: sql row constructor...works!
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Msg-id 3513.1139377791@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: sql row constructor...works!  (Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: sql row constructor...works!  (Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
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Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com> writes:
> IMO, the sql 92 row constructor was inserted for ISAM style key based
> table browsing without cursors...more or less a 'lost art' these days
> but still relevant.  This is a key strategy in dealing with large
> tables.  Blog entry is forthcoming :).

Just for the record, it's not the row constructor stuff that just got
fixed, it's row-value comparison.  We were able to construct rows
correctly before, but we didn't compare them in the correct column-
by-column fashion.  Please call it by the right name in your blog to
avoid future confusion.
        regards, tom lane


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