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Re: [PATCH 4/4] Add tests to dblink covering use of COPY TO FUNCTION

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Daniel Farina <drfarina@acm.org>
Cc: Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>, Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu@krosing.net>, Daniel Farina <dfarina@truviso.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-12-30T05:58:55Z
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On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Daniel Farina <drfarina@acm.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sure.  If you think you can make it work using bytea, that seems
>> clearly better than using an internal type, all things being equal.
>
> I think both are perfectly viable and can be supported simultaneously,
> actually...I simply like INTERNAL because the mechanism and passed
> data structure for when you *do* want to write a C function is just
> really crisp and simple, and is not going to be a source of overhead.

OK.  I think we'll have to see the proposed patch before we can really
make a final judgement on this, but hopefully I've at least given you
enough feedback/food for thought to move this forward in a meaningful
way...

...Robert