Re: [HACKERS] Re: [SQL] Functional Indexes - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Thomas G. Lockhart
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: [SQL] Functional Indexes
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Msg-id 36BF091C.4D06527B@alumni.caltech.edu
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In response to Re: [SQL] Functional Indexes  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> > I don't think lower is defined for varchar arguments.
> Note to hackers: is there a good reason why indexes are more
> restrictive?  Offhand it seems like the same physical-equivalence
> trick could be applied.

Well, we should have a combination of "binary compatible" and type
coersion to make this fly, just as we have in other places for v6.4. I
didn't realize this index code was there, so never looked at it.

If someone else doesn't get to it, I'll try to look at it before or
during 6.5beta...

                       - Tom

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