On Jun 3, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Alexey Klyukin wrote: >> Is your interest in cheap varchar(N)->varchar(N+M) conversions specifically, >> or >> in some broader application of this facility? > > Exactly varchar conversions.
Why limit it to varchar? Shouldn't we be able to do this for any varlena? The only challenge I see is numeric; we'd need to ensure that both size and precision are not decreasing. -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect [email protected] 512.569.9461 (cell) http://jim.nasby.net -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
