On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 2015-11-22 23:54 GMT+01:00 Corey Huinker <corey.huin...@gmail.com>: > >> What about pg_size_unpretty()? >>> >> I was going to suggest pg_size_ugly(), but unpretty does emphasize the >> inverse (rather than opposite) nature of the function. >> > > "unpretty", "ugly" aren't good names > > maybe pg_size_bytes or different approach > > we can introduce data type - bytesize - default input/output is human > readable text - and conversion to bigint is implicit > > Some like > > select .. where pg_table_size(oid) > bytesize '3.5GB' > > and instead pg_size_pretty(pg_table_size(oid)) we can write > pg_table_size(oid)::bytesize > > Regards > > Pavel > +1 to both pg_size_bytes() and ::bytesize. Both contribute to making the statements more self-documenting.
