Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PATCH] To remove EXTEND INDEX

2001-07-14 Thread Bernard Frankpitt
> We don't let people add columns to an existing index so I don't see why > we should have EXTEND INDEX unless index twiddling is more common with > partial indexes. > Nothing is common with partial indexes at the moment -- the feature is not currently implemented, and I don't think other datab

[HACKERS] PyGreSQL and Distutils

2001-02-02 Thread Bernard Frankpitt
Hi All, The setup.py file in PyGreSQL does not work with newer distutils (at least not for the distutils in Python 2.0). The new versions of distutils require you to use an instance of a new Python class called Extension to configure the compiled extensions. I have attached a modification of th

Re: [GENERAL] RE: [HACKERS] Indexing for geographic objects?

2000-12-05 Thread Bernard Frankpitt
Edmar Wiggers wrote: > > It seems that R-trees become inefficient when the number of dimensions > increase. Has anyone thoght of a transparent way to use Peano codes (hhcode > in Oracle lingo), and use B-tree indexes instead? > Do you have a reference, or more information on what a Peano code i

Re: [HACKERS] type design guidance needed

2000-09-23 Thread Bernard Frankpitt
Hi Brook, It seems to me that the answer depends on how much effort you want to put in to it. Brook Milligan wrote: > > I am working on designing some new datatypes and could use some > guidance. > It seems that there are several alternative approaches, and I am > seeking some guidance