> Neither of these two can be added to version 6.5.1...the minor releases
> are meant to be 'non-dump/initdb, bug fix only' releases, and, at least
> for number 1, adding a numeric_ops would require a dump/reload ...
This could be done as a contrib package for the v6.5.x series. Are you
interested in doing this?
> As for the TRUNCATE, take a look at the oracle_compat.c file in util/adt
> and supply a patch that will add the appropriate functionality, and I
> don't see why it can't b eadded fo r6.6 ...
If TRUNCATE is some "stringy function thing", then that is the place
to look. Isn't it some table deletion short-circuit capability
though?? If so, it is not as trivial...
- Thomas
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Thomas Lockhart lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California
