| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Unused system table columns |
| Date: | 2002-07-16 00:19:58 |
| Message-ID: | 200207160019.g6G0JwS25446@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Hannu Krosing wrote:
> > > The alternative would be yet another system table which would allow us
> > > to support unlimited number of to/from converters for different wire
> > > protocols, but it will definitely be easier to start with
> > > typreceive/typsend.
> >
> > We can always re-add the columns them.
>
> But would it not be nice if we could add uniform binary protocol without
> requiring initdb ?
Seems impossible that would ever happen without an initdb.
> If the main concern is disk space, just set them to NULL .
Good point, but it does confuse developers.
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