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

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Do we really want to migrate plproxy and citext into PG core distribution?
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Msg-id 7CAF338E-353C-47B6-90A2-CFB4EA5EAD29@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: Do we really want to migrate plproxy and citext into PG core distribution?  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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On Jul 28, 2008, at 09:01, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> Plenty of us who are hackers are also users.
>
> ISTM that Tom's objection is really that citext is a hack, and that  
> it will actually make it harder for us to get to a collation-based  
> case insensitive comparison.

Well, that's why it's in contrib.

> I think if we adopt that view then we need to form a plan for doing  
> this right, and soon, as it is a significant current pain point,  
> especially for people migrating from other databases.

+1

Best,

David


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