| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru> |
| Subject: | Re: tsearch in core patch, for inclusion |
| Date: | 2007-01-24 20:29:05 |
| Message-ID: | 200701242129.06039.peter_e@gmx.net |
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Neil Conway wrote:
> But I agree that we need considerably more discussion before
> committing the patch. I'm personally not sold on the need for
> modifications to the SQL grammar, for example, as opposed to just
> using a set of SQL-callable functions and some new system catalogs.
In particular, I would think that unless one is affiliated with The New
COBOL World Order, one would *prefer* a set of functions over new SQL
statements. And using functions to manage extensions seems to be the
established way in Oracle land, if that matters at all.
--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
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