Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-16 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > The problem is that we don't archive the partially written xlog file, > > and in this case that xlog file contains the information needed to make > > the tar file consistent. > > > Is this a known problem? Do we document this? If so, I can't find it.

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-16 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Given the limitations of table inheritance, it doesn't surprise me that > nobody really uses it to implement object-oriented programs. True. > Is it really an important area to improve, or are there other priorities? There are certainly higher priorit

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-16 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 03:39:55PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Digging in the CVS history, it appears that I may have broken it here: > http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c.diff?r1=2.35;r2=2.36;f=h > It's quite possible that it failed even before that how

Re: [HACKERS] Hash vs. HashJoin nodes

2005-04-16 Thread Tom Lane
Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hmm, true. Perhaps then just hacking the hash node so that hash join > pulls on it twice (the first time for a single tuple, the second time > for the rest) is the way to go. Since the hash node is essentially an > implementation detail of hash join, I d

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-16 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (elein) writes: > Are you saying that the code was supposed "unflatten" the > arguments of a function into a possible composite type taking into > consideration the possible inheritance information of the > composite type? No, it didn't do that. AFAICT the case it was supposed t

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-16 Thread elein
Are you saying that the code was supposed "unflatten" the arguments of a function into a possible composite type taking into consideration the possible inheritance information of the composite type? elein On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 08:04:36PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > In parse_func.c there are routin

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-16 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > The problem is that we don't archive the partially written xlog file, > and in this case that xlog file contains the information needed to make > the tar file consistent. > Is this a known problem? Do we document this? If so, I can't find it. Yes, and yes. You did not