Re: [PATCH] backend: compare word-at-a-time in bcTruelen

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jeremy Kerr <jk(at)ozlabs(dot)org>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Gurjeet Singh <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] backend: compare word-at-a-time in bcTruelen
Date: 2010-02-23 21:21:47
Message-ID: 201002232121.o1NLLlr03268@momjian.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Nobody suggested dismissing it. The point was that it hasn't been
> >> tested adequately to justify applying it now.
>
> > not sure what testing people want to get done though (there are a fair
> > amount of results and profiles in the thread)?
>
> Robert was complaining that the worst case hadn't been characterized
> adequately, which I agree with. We know it helps a lot on certain
> cases, but what's the downside?

Added to TODO list so we don't forget about it:

Considering improving performance of computing CHAR() value lengths

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