Thread: Re: [HACKERS] A small type extension example for the contrib directory (fwd)
Re: [HACKERS] A small type extension example for the contrib directory (fwd)
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Bruce Momjian
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> > > > >> I think this would be great as a standard tyoe. Many people wn't poke > >> around n the source tree looking for neat things like this, but would > >> gain even greater respect for Postgres if they found it in the default > >> system. Remember we know have a lot of people installing RedHat inux, > >> and being presented with Postgres as the default SQL server. > >> > >> I would like to see them impressed by the functionality. Many of these > >> people will probably want to do table with network parmaters in them. > >> > >> I recomend making it a standard type. > > > >OK, I can be swayed to make it standard. > > > > Great. While I don't believe in creeping featureisim, I do think the > razor to slice a feature against, is whehter it is usefuel in more than > a narrow band of specilized applications. For example I defnately think > we should allow tems in the ORDER BY clause that are not in the > SELECT. Yes, I agree we should allow ORDER BY not in the select list, but because it is not part of the standard, it remains on the TODO list. I am even removing the '?' from the end of the item: * Remove restriction that ORDER BY field must be in SELECT list -- Bruce Momjian maillist@candle.pha.pa.us