Re: [HACKERS] single bit integer (TINYINT) revisited for 8.5

2009-07-04 Thread Simon Riggs
On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 13:38 -0400, Robert Treat wrote: On Thursday 02 July 2009 12:40:49 Simon Riggs wrote: On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 11:19 -0400, Caleb Cushing wrote: A couple of times I've been told you don't need tinyint, use boolean which is not true, several projects I've worked on I've

Re: [HACKERS] [pgsql-www] commitfest.postgresql.org

2009-07-04 Thread Robert Haas
On Jul 3, 2009, at 11:56 PM, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: Robert Haas robertmh...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Tom Lanet...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: Kevin Grittner kevin.gritt...@wicourts.gov writes: It seems to be inconsistent. Probably because everything wound up

Re: [HACKERS] pg_migrator mention in documentation

2009-07-04 Thread Greg Stark
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Tom Lanet...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: The main reason contrib still has the alternate method is that PGXS doesn't really work until after you've installed the core build. For modules distributed separately from core, it doesn't seem that exciting to be able to build

[HACKERS] ECPG support for string pseudo-type

2009-07-04 Thread Boszormenyi Zoltan
Hi, in a continued effort for better Informix ESQL/C compatibility, we added the string pseudo-type handling to ECPG. This type in ESQL/C is documented as: -- The string Data Type The string data type is an ESQL/C data type that holds character

Re: [HACKERS] ECPG support for string pseudo-type

2009-07-04 Thread Tom Lane
Boszormenyi Zoltan z...@cybertec.at writes: in a continued effort for better Informix ESQL/C compatibility, we added the string pseudo-type handling to ECPG. ... - string has become a type name, reserved word in ECPG. This seems like a sufficient reason to reject the patch. Who knows what

Re: [HACKERS] ECPG support for string pseudo-type

2009-07-04 Thread Boszormenyi Zoltan
Hi, Tom Lane írta: Boszormenyi Zoltan z...@cybertec.at writes: in a continued effort for better Informix ESQL/C compatibility, we added the string pseudo-type handling to ECPG. ... - string has become a type name, reserved word in ECPG. This seems like a sufficient reason to

[HACKERS] problem with varlena and extended type

2009-07-04 Thread Pavel Stehule
Hello, I can't to find reason of my problem. I have a varlena type. This type works well with plain storage, but this raise some random exception with extended storage. It finish on Assert((data - start) == data_size)[heaptuple.c]; I checked - when I return varlena from in function, then it has

Re: [HACKERS] problem with varlena and extended type

2009-07-04 Thread Greg Stark
It's pretty hard to guess where your bug is sitting here with no code and no idea even what you've done to trigger it. At a guess there someplace you haven't detoasted a datum that had to be detoasted. But like I said that's just a guess. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list

Re: [HACKERS] problem with varlena and extended type

2009-07-04 Thread Greg Stark
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Greg Starkgsst...@mit.edu wrote: It's pretty hard to guess where your bug is sitting here with no code and no idea even what you've done to trigger it. At a guess there someplace you haven't detoasted a datum that had to be detoasted. But like I said that's

Re: [HACKERS] commitfest.postgresql.org

2009-07-04 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On Saturday 04 July 2009 01:19:23 Joshua D. Drake wrote: On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 17:57 -0400, Robert Haas wrote: I guess I'm not really seeing why that particular thing should be a button rather than a link. It would mess up the formatting for no obvious benefit. Not arguing one way or the

Re: [HACKERS] commitfest.postgresql.org

2009-07-04 Thread Dimitri Fontaine
Le 5 juil. 09 à 00:13, Peter Eisentraut a écrit : On Saturday 04 July 2009 01:19:23 Joshua D. Drake wrote: Not arguing one way or the other, a button says, I am about to perform X. A link *always* says, I am about to go to a new web page. That was my feeling. And bots (google etc) will

Re: [HACKERS] commitfest.postgresql.org

2009-07-04 Thread Robert Haas
On Jul 4, 2009, at 5:18 PM, Dimitri Fontaine dfonta...@hi-media.com wrote: Le 5 juil. 09 à 00:13, Peter Eisentraut a écrit : On Saturday 04 July 2009 01:19:23 Joshua D. Drake wrote: Not arguing one way or the other, a button says, I am about to perform X. A link *always* says, I am about

Re: [HACKERS] pg_migrator mention in documentation

2009-07-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
Joe Conway wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Alvaro Herrera alvhe...@commandprompt.com writes: Consistency here is pointless. IIRC the dual method is used in contrib because people did not trust the PGXS stuff enough to rip the original Make code out; or maybe because people

Re: [HACKERS] problem with varlena and extended type

2009-07-04 Thread Pavel Stehule
2009/7/4 Greg Stark gsst...@mit.edu: On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Greg Starkgsst...@mit.edu wrote: It's pretty hard to guess where your bug is sitting here with no code and no idea even what you've done to trigger it. see attachment - sorry, comments are czech At a guess there someplace