Re: xlog location arithmetic

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler@timbira.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-12-23T15:05:54Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>> At this point, my question is: do we want to support the lsn data type idea or
>> a basic function that implements the difference between LSNs?

> Personally I think a function is enough - it solves the only case that
> I've actually seen. But a datatype would be a more complete solution,
> of course - but it seems a bit of an overkill to me. Not really sure
> which way we should go - I was hoping somebody else would comment as
> well..

I too think a datatype is overkill, if we're only planning on providing
one function.  Just emit the values as numeric and have done.

			regards, tom lane