Dimitri Fontaine wrote: > Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+pg...@mailing.thruhere.net> writes: > > > Is there a way in the API to tell the backend that "uuid_hash function is > > implemented by the foo__uuid_hash function" so that backwards compatibility > > isn't broken? > > Yes. > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/xfunc-c.html#XFUNC-C-PGXS > > For example: > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION uuid_hash(uuid) > RETURNS bool > AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', my_uuid_hash > LANGUAGE 'C' IMMUTABLE STRICT;
I think the problem he is having is that we provide a C function named uuid_hash, which conflicts with the one in FreeBSD's libc. If that's the problem, my 2c is that uuid_hash is too generic a name to export and we should change ours. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
