On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sure. If you think you can make it work using bytea, that seems > clearly better than using an internal type, all things being equal.
I think both are perfectly viable and can be supported simultaneously, actually...I simply like INTERNAL because the mechanism and passed data structure for when you *do* want to write a C function is just really crisp and simple, and is not going to be a source of overhead. fdr -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers