On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:03:24AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I wonder why we don't support more operators on Xid, so these things are
> > avoided? Right now we only have =, AFAIR.
>
> I once started to make a btree opclass for XID, and stopped when it
> occurred to me that XID comparison doesn't obey the transitive law.
> btree won't like that...
Not having it does affect the planner somehow, right?
Maybe we could have the opclass but somehow dictate that making indexes
with it is verboten.
--
Alvaro Herrera -- Valdivia, Chile Architect, www.EnterpriseDB.com
"Right now the sectors on the hard disk run clockwise, but I heard a rumor that
you can squeeze 0.2% more throughput by running them counterclockwise.
It's worth the effort. Recommended." (Gerry Pourwelle)
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