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Re: Syntax for partitioning

Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>

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From: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki.takahiro@oss.ntt.co.jp>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-10-30T16:12:40Z
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On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 10:03 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> I can't help but wonder if the period type might better be a generic
> container for pairs of scalar, totally-ordered types.

That would be ideal. However, it doesn't really look like our type
system was built to handle that kind of thing.

We could use typmod, I suppose, but even that won't hold a full Oid. Any
ideas/suggestions?

Regards,
	Jeff Davis