Re: [GENERAL] support for ltree

2015-06-12 Thread Tom Lane
Michael Shapiro writes: > Thanks for this response. It still leave my question unanswered. I should > rephrase it -- will become a native datatype in Postgres (as > opposed to remaining an extension). Are there any plans to make a > native datatype? No. That is not the same as it being unsuppo

Re: [GENERAL] support for ltree

2015-06-12 Thread David G. Johnston
On Friday, June 12, 2015, Michael Shapiro wrote: > > The reason I am asking is that, although ltree seems to have been a > contributed module since at least 8.3, how can one know if it will always > be part of subsequent versions of Postgres? > Whether contrib, core, or an external extension you

Re: [GENERAL] support for ltree

2015-06-12 Thread David G. Johnston
On Friday, June 12, 2015, Michael Shapiro wrote: > Hi Melvin, > > Thanks for this response. It still leave my question unanswered. I should > rephrase it -- will become a native datatype in Postgres (as > opposed to remaining an extension). Are there any plans to make a > native datatype? > In

Re: [GENERAL] support for ltree

2015-06-12 Thread Michael Shapiro
Hi Melvin, Thanks for this response. It still leave my question unanswered. I should rephrase it -- will become a native datatype in Postgres (as opposed to remaining an extension). Are there any plans to make a native datatype? Michael On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Melvin Davidson wrote:

Re: [GENERAL] support for ltree

2015-06-12 Thread Melvin Davidson
Geometric Data Types have been in PostgreSQL for quite a while. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/interactive/datatype-geometric.html JSON have been in PostgreSQL since 9.2 and it's functionality increases with each new version. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/interactive/datatype-json.html A

[GENERAL] support for ltree

2015-06-12 Thread Michael Shapiro
I am wondering if the contributed module will always be part of Postgres? Do contributed modules ever get absorbed into Postgres itself? The reason I am asking is that, although ltree seems to have been a contributed module since at least 8.3, how can one know if it will always be part of subsequ