"Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you do this I suggest supporting bigint as well.
Well I'm not about to actually do the inter-data-type hash joins. I was just asking if the hash functions for floats should be adjusted to guarantee this property. bigints already guarantee it, though I think the hash function can be improved without breaking it. > On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 06:45:37PM -0400, Greg Stark wrote: > > > > Regarding inter-data-type hash joins, would it make sense to make float > > datatypes to hash to the same value as integral data types for integral > > values? I have a little patch but I have to test it, at least try to compile it, before I send it anywhere :) -- greg ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
