Re: [PATCHES] Eliminating phase 3 requirement for varlen increases via ALTER COLUMN - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jonah H. Harris
Subject Re: [PATCHES] Eliminating phase 3 requirement for varlen increases via ALTER COLUMN
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Msg-id 36e682920610261416x389055e3xdc421ef1fff27184@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] Eliminating phase 3 requirement for varlen increases via ALTER COLUMN  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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On 10/26/06, Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> I think what you want is to add a new method entry in pg_type to
> allow a type to declare a method to tell you whether a change
> is work-free or not. Then any type, even user-defined types,
> can allow some changes to be work-free and some not without
> exposing any implementation details outside the type.

Seems like too much work for a fairly simple use-case.

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