On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 05:26:45PM -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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> David Fetter wrote:
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> >On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 04:08:29PM -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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> >>Tom Lane wrote:
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> >>>I'm not convinced that using bigint-equivalent space for an enum is
> >>>a mortal sin...
> >>>
> >>at least venial ...
> >
> >Heh.
> >
> >Would ORDER BY somehow know about enums' given ordering?
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> ORDER BY (and all inequality operators) will reflect the defined
> enumeration ordering, as happens today with enumkit-defined types.
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> That is a fundamental requirement that I won't deviate from.
Great :) :)
I hadn't understood how the enumkit stuff worked.
Cheers,
D
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