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Re: xlog location arithmetic

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler@timbira.com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-12-23T15:59:35Z
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Even if there are several, what exact advantage does a datatype offer
>> over representing LSN values as numerics?  It seems to me to be adding
>> complication and extra code (I/O converters at least) for very little
>> gain.

> I guess I'm just constitutionally averse to labeling things as "text"
> when they really aren't.

Er ... text?  I thought the proposal was to use numeric.

			regards, tom lane