Jim Nasby <jim.na...@bluetreble.com> writes: > On 2/26/15 4:01 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> Josh Berkus wrote: >>> Oh, I didn't realize there weren't commands to change the LCO. Without >>> at least SQL syntax for LCO, I don't see why we'd take it; this sounds >>> more like a WIP patch.
>> The reason for doing it this way is that changing the underlying >> architecture is really hard, without having to bear an endless hackers >> bike shed discussion about the best userland syntax to use. It seems a >> much better approach to do the actually difficult part first, then let >> the rest to be argued to death by others and let those others do the >> easy part (and take all the credit along with that); that way, that >> discussion does not kill other possible uses that the new architecture >> allows. > +1. This patch is already several years old; lets not delay it further. I tend to agree with that, but how are we going to test things if there's no mechanism to create a table in which the orderings are different? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers