Re: polymorphic function in 7.4 vs. 8.3

Richard Rosenberg wrote:
> On Thursday 11 June 2009 14:49:46 Tom Lane wrote:
>
>   
>> Sure you can't move the DB off 7.4?  There would be pretty considerable
>> benefits from adopting some recent release instead.
>>
>>             regards, tom lane
>>     
>
> Don't I know it. I am SOL as the machine is hosted/shared out by an external 
> provider. I can do it by getting rid of the polymorphism - breaking the 
> columns into separate args - as you say:
>   
Hmm.  Some subliminal coercion seems in order here.  "Gee I hope it 
doesn't leek out that <ThirdPartySupplier Here> is so poorly run that 
they're stuck on postgres 7.4 with no hope of ever catching up with the 
rest of the world"....