Re: Do we really want to migrate plproxy and citext into PG core distribution? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Zdenek Kotala
Subject Re: Do we really want to migrate plproxy and citext into PG core distribution?
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In response to Re: Do we really want to migrate plproxy and citext into PG core distribution?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane napsal(a):

> 
> Obviously the solution should involve a new column in pg_type and
> a new type property in CREATE TYPE, but what should the representation
> be?  A full-on approach would make the type categories be real SQL
> objects with their own system catalog and reference them by OID,
> but I can't help thinking that that's overkill.
> 
> Anyway, debating that is probably material for a separate thread ...

The collation support also needs to determine which data type is text/string.
    Zdenek


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